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饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng “to have lived through many ups and downs” in Chinese

Traditional 飽經滄桑

What 饱经沧桑 means

  1. to have lived through many ups and downs
  2. having lived through many changes

How to say 饱经沧桑

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale饱bǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale经jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale沧cāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale桑sāng1st tone, high and level

饱经沧桑 in a sentence

  1. 老人的脸上写满了饱经沧桑的故事。

    Lǎorén de liǎn shàng xiěmǎn le bǎojīngcāngsāng de gùshi.

    The old man’s face told the story of a life of many ups and downs.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这座老房子饱经沧桑。

    Zhè zuò lǎo fángzi bǎojīngcāngsāng.

    This old house has been through a lot.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 饱经沧桑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 饱 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
饱bǎoto eat till full
  • 饣eat form of 食 · shíMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

饣 hints at the meaning (eat); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎo.

The character 经 (jīng) drawn as one shape
经jīngclassics

经 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSilk 纟: the threads that run lengthwise on a loom. From there, to pass through.

The character 沧 (cāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
沧cāngdeep blue-green
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cāng.

The character 桑 (sāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
桑sāngmulberry tree
  • 叒obedient · ruò
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 饱经沧桑

饱 8 strokes · 经 8 strokes · 沧 7 strokes · 桑 10 strokes

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饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 饱经沧桑

Words with 饱

饱bǎo · eat until full饱和bǎohé · saturated

Words with 经

已经yǐjīng · already经常jīngcháng · often经过jīngguò · to pass经理jīnglǐ · manager经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience经验jīngyàn · experience曾经céngjīng · once经典jīngdiǎn · classic经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)

More words: Ideas & Concepts

奥秘àomì · mystery拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)榜样bǎngyàng · role model半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway本能běnnéng · instinct本事běnshi · ability变故biàngù · misfortune变迁biànqiān · changes

FAQs

饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng) means “to have lived through many ups and downs” or “having lived through many changes”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎojīngcāngsāng: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then jīng with a 1st tone, then cāng with a 1st tone, then sāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 饱经沧桑 is written 飽經滄桑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baojingcangsang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 饱经沧桑 from the suggestions. Typing baojingcangsang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
饱经沧桑 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.