HSK 6 · Society

赌博 dǔbó “to gamble” in Chinese

Traditional 賭博

What 赌博 means

  1. to gamble
  2. gambling

How to say 赌博

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale赌dǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale博bó2nd tone, rising

赌博 in a sentence

  1. 赌博是非法的。

    Dǔbó shì fēifǎ de.

    Gambling is illegal.

    Sentence #10190471 from Tatoeba

  2. 戒掉赌博吧。

    Jièdiào dǔbó ba.

    Give up gambling.

    Sentence #5092464 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你喜欢赌博吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan dǔbó ma?

    Do you like gambling?

    Sentence #3577756 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 赌博 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 赌 (dǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
赌dǔto bet; to gamble
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǔ.

The character 博 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
博bóabundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part
  • 尃to announce · fūSound part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 尃 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

How to write 赌博

赌 12 strokes · 博 12 strokes

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

Words related to 赌博

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FAQs

赌博 (dǔbó) means “to gamble” or “gambling”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǔbó: dǔ with a 3rd tone, then bó with a 2nd 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, 赌博 is written 賭博. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dubo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赌博 from the suggestions. Typing dubo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赌博 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.