HSK 6 · Function Words

颇 pō “rather” in Chinese

Traditional 頗

What 颇 means

  1. rather
  2. quite
  3. considerably
  4. oblique
  5. inclined
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • slanting

How to say 颇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale颇pō1st tone, high and level

颇 in a sentence

  1. 这家报社在当地知名度颇高。

    Zhè jiā bàoshè zài dāngdì zhīmíngdù pō gāo.

    This newspaper is well known in the local area.

    Sentence #4813405 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这一切在我看来都颇为荒唐。

    Zhè yíqiè zài wǒ kànlái dōu pōwéi huāngtang.

    To me, all of this seems rather absurd.

    Sentence #1855068 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 医学的最新进展颇为显著。

    Yīxué de zuìxīn jìnzhǎn pōwéi xiǎnzhù.

    Recent advances in medicine have been remarkable.

    Sentence #2030806 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 颇 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 颇 (pō) with each of its parts in a different colour
颇pōrather
  • 皮skin · píSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with pō.

How to write 颇

颇 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 颇

More words: Function Words & Grammar

宁愿nìngyuàn · would rather哦ò · oh (indicating understanding)偏偏piānpiān · unexpectedly譬如pìrú · for example恰巧qiàqiǎo · by chance起码qǐmǎ · at least仍旧réngjiù · still人家rénjia · other people

FAQs

颇 (pō) means “rather” or “quite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pō: pō 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, 颇 is written 頗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type po with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颇 from the suggestions. Typing po into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颇 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.