亳
name of district in Anhui; capital of Yin
伯
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
剥
to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck
勃
flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly
博
extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
哱
phonetic bo; used in onomatopoeia; see 呼呼哱[hu1 hu1 bo1], hoopoe bird
啵
grammatical particle equivalent to 吧
壆
mounded row of soil (in which crops are planted)
捭
variant of 擘[bo4]; to separate; to split
搏
to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat
拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
播
to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bo4]
擘
thumb; to break; to tear; to pierce; to split
柏
(used for transcribing names)
泊
to anchor; touch at; to moor
波
Poland; Polish; abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]
波
wave; ripple; storm; surge
浡
full; gushing (of fountain)
渤
same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong; Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
盋
obscure variant of 缽|钵[bo1]
箔
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper
钵
small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
薄
meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near
襮
embroidered collar; expose
譒
to promulgate; to spread
鋍
old term for beryllium, now written 鈹|铍[pi2]; variant of 鈸|钹[bo2], cymbals
镈
ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe; spade
驳
variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)
亳州
Bozhou prefecture-level city in Anhui
亳州市
Bozhou prefecture-level city in Anhui
伯仲叔季
eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
伯伯
father's elder brother; uncle
伯杰
(name) Berger; Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
伯利恒
Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story)
伯劳鸟
shrike (family Laniidae)
伯南克
Bernanke (name); Ben Shalom Bernanke (1953-), US economist, Chairman of Fed from 2006
伯叔
father's brother (uncle); husband's brother (brother-in-law)
伯叔祖母
father's father's brother's wife; great aunt
伯叔祖父
father's father's brother; great uncle
伯多禄
Peter (Catholic transliteration)
伯恩
Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw)
伯恩斯
Burns (name); Nicholas Burns (1956-), US diplomat, Under-secretary at US State Department from 2005
伯拉第斯拉瓦
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
伯乐
Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period); a good judge of talent; talent scout
伯母
wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4]
伯爵
earl; count; earldom or countship (old)
伯父
father's elder brother; term of respect for older man; CL:個|个[ge4]
伯尔尼
Bern, capital of Switzerland
伯纳斯·李
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web
伯罗奔尼撒
Peloponnese (peninsula in southern Greece)
伯都
tiger (ancient, dialect)
伯里克利
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
剥削
to exploit; exploitation
剥削阶级
exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
剥啄
(onom.) tap (on a door or window)
剥夺
to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
剥掉
to peel off; to strip off
剥采比
stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
剥皮
same as 剝皮|剥皮[bao1 pi2]
剥皮器
peeler (e.g. for vegetables)
剥蚀
to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology)
剥离
to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
勃列日涅夫
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
勃利
Boli county in Qitaihe 七台河[Qi1 tai2 he2], Heilongjiang
勃利县
Boli county in Qitaihe 七台河[Qi1 tai2 he2], Heilongjiang
勃勃
thriving; vigorous; exuberant
勃固
Pegu city in south Myanmar (Burma)
勃固山脉
Pegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and Sittang basins
勃固河
Pegu River of south central Myanmar (Burma)
勃拉姆斯
Brahms (name); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer
勃朗宁
Browning, US firearm brand
勃朗峰
Mont Blanc (between Italy and France)
勃海
Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea; renamed 渤海 after the Han
勃然
suddenly; abruptly; agitatedly; excitedly; vigorously
勃然变色
to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc
勃发
to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth
勃兴
to rise suddenly; to grow vigorously
勃艮第
Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France
勃兰登堡
Brandenburg (e.g. gate, concertos)
勃起
erection; to have an erection
勃起功能障碍
erectile dysfunction (ED)
博取
to win (favors, confidence etc)
博古
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
博古通今
conversant with things past and present; erudite and informed
博士
doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.
博士学位
doctoral degree; PhD; same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲學博士學位|哲学博士学位
博士山
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
博士后
postdoc; a postdoctoral position
博士买驴
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point; idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
博大
enormous; broad; extensive
博大精深
wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep
博学多才
erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博客
blog (loanword); weblog; blogger
博客话剧
blog drama (netspeak)
博山
Boshan district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
博山区
Boshan district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong
博帕尔
Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦[Zhong1 yang1 bang1]
博弈
games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling; contest
博德利图书馆
Bodleian Library (Oxford)
博爱
Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo 焦作[Jiao1 zuo4], Henan
博爱
universal fraternity (or brotherhood); universal love
博爱座
priority seat (on a bus etc) (Tw)
博爱县
Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo 焦作[Jiao1 zuo4], Henan
博拉博拉岛
Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
博文
blog article; to write a blog article (netspeak)
博文约礼
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
博斯沃思
Bosworth (name); Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009
博斯腾湖
Bosten Lake in Xinjiang
博格
Borg (name); Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star
博格多
Bogdo, last Khan of Mongolia
博格多汗宫
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
博格达山脉
Bogda Mountain range in Tianshan mountains
博格达峰
Mt Bogda in eastern Tianshan
博乐
Börtala Shehiri, county level city in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
博乐市
Börtala Shehiri of Bole City, county level city in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
博湖
Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
博湖县
Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
博尔塔拉蒙古自治州
Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
博物多闻
wide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced
博物洽闻
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博登湖
Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
博白
Bobai county in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
博白县
Bobai county in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
博福斯
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
博科圣地
Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
博罗
Boluo county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong
博罗县
Boluo county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong
博美犬
Pomeranian (dog breed)
博而不精
extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything; Jack of all trades and master of none.
博闻多识
learned and erudite; knowledgeable and experienced
博闻强记
have wide learning and a retentive memory; have encyclopedic knowledge
博闻强识
erudite; widely read and knowledgeable
博兴
Boxing county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong
博兴县
Boxing county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong
博蒂
birdie (one stroke under par in golf)
博览会
exposition; international fair
博讯
abbr. for 博訊新聞網|博讯新闻网[Bo2 xun4 Xin1 wen2 wang3], Boxun, US-based dissident Chinese news network
博识
knowledgeable; erudite; erudition; proficient
博识多通
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
博识洽闻
knowledgeable; erudite (idiom)
博野
Boye county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei
博野县
Boye county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei
博斗
to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
博鳌
see 博鰲鎮|博鳌镇[Bo2 ao2 zhen4]
博鳌亚洲论坛
Bo'ao Forum for Asia (since 2001)
博鳌镇
Bo'ao seaside resort, Hainan
帛金
traditional money gift at a funeral
搏动
to beat rhythmically; to throb; to pulsate
搏命
to fight with all one has
搏战
to fight; to struggle; to wage war
搏击
to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey
搏髀
to beat time by slapping one's thighs
搏斗
to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
拨乱反正
bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
拨付
appropriate sum of money
拨冗
to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
拨出
to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial
拨动
to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
拨弄
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
拨弦乐器
plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument
拨接
dial-up (Internet connection)
拨款
to allocate funds; appropriation
拨正
to set right; to correct
拨浪鼓
a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy); rattle-drum
拨号
to dial a telephone number
拨号连接
dial-up connection; dial-up networking
拨转
to turn; to turn around; to transfer (funds etc)
拨开
to push aside; to part; to brush away
拨云见日
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
播出
to broadcast; to put out TV programs
播报
to announce; to read (the news)
播客
radio broadcast; podcast; Internet audio subscription service
播弄
to order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
播撒
to sow (seeds); to scatter
播放
to broadcast; to transmit
播放机
player (e.g. CD player)
播映
to broadcast a film; to televise
播种
to sow seeds; sowing; seed
播讲
to broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
播送
to broadcast; to transmit; to beam
播音
to transmit; to broadcast
播音员
announcer; broadcaster
擘画
variant of 擘劃|擘划[bo4 hua4]
柏克郡
Berkshire (English county)
柏克里克千佛洞
Paziklike thousand-Buddha grotto in the Turpan basin, Xinjiang
柏悦
Park Hyatt (hotel brand)
柏拉图
Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
柏林
Berlin, capital of Germany
柏林工业大学
Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin)
柏柏尔
Berber people of North Africa
柏蒂切利
Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Italian painter of the Florentine school
柏辽兹
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique
柏青哥
pachinko (loanword) (Tw)
泊松
S.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician; also pr. [Po1 song1]
泊松分布
Poisson distribution (in statistics)
泊车
to park (a vehicle) (loanword); parking; parked car
泊头市
Botou county level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[Cang1 zhou1], Hebei
波什格伦
Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)
波光
gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
波函数
wave function (in quantum mechanics)
波动
to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall
波动力学
wave mechanics (physics)
波及
to spread to; to involve; to affect
波哥大
Bogota, capital of Colombia
波塞冬
Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
波士顿
Boston, capital of Massachusetts
波士顿红袜
Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
波多马克河
see 波托馬克河|波托马克河[Bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 He2]
波多黎各
Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
波季
Poti, strategic seaport in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia
波密
Bomi county, Tibetan: Spo mes rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lin2 zhi1 di4 qu1], Tibet
波密县
Bomi county, Tibetan: Spo mes rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lin2 zhi1 di4 qu1], Tibet
波导
waveguide (electronics)
波希米亚
Bohemia, historical country of central Europe
波弗特海
Beaufort Sea (off Alaska and British Columbia)
波德
Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer
波德申
Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)
波恩
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
波拉波拉岛
Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
波拿巴
Bonaparte (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
波数
wave number (reciprocal of frequency)
波斑鸨
(bird species of China) MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
波斯教
Persian religion; Zoroastrianism or Manicheanism
波斯普鲁斯海峡
the Bosphorus (strait)
波斯语
Persian (language); Farsi
波方程
wave equation (math. physics)
波昂
Bonn, city in Germany (Tw)
波森莓
boysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry)
波江座
Eridanus (constellation)
波河
Po River, longest river in Italy
波洛涅斯
Polonius (name); Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet
波涛汹涌
waves surging forth; roaring sea
波涛磷磷
variant of 波濤粼粼|波涛粼粼[bo1 tao1 lin2 lin2]
波涛粼粼
crystalline waves (idiom)
波澜
billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
波澜壮阔
surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
波澜老成
splendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome
波澜起伏
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
波尔卡
polka (dance) (loanword)
波尔布特
Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader
波特
Potter or Porter (surname)
波状热
undulant fever; brucellosis
波粒二象性
wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
波罗
Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo
波罗蜜
jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus
波美拉尼亚
Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
波义耳
Boyle (name); Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
波茨坦
Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
波茨坦会议
Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
波兹南
Poznan (city in Poland)
波兹曼
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
波莱罗
bolero (dance) (loanword)
波西米亚
Bohemia, historical country of central Europe
波西米亚
bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)
波阿斯
Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
波阳
Boyang county, former name of Poyang county 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[Po2 yang2 xian4] in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
波阳县
Boyang county, former name of Poyang county 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[Po2 yang2 xian4] in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
波隆那
Bologna, city in Northern Italy
波霸
(slang) (loanword) big boobs; big-breasted; (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
波霸奶茶
bubble milk tea (Taiwan); Boba milk tea; tapioca milk tea; see also 珍珠奶茶[zhen1 zhu1 nai3 cha2]
波鸿
Bochum (city in Germany)
波丽士
police (loanword) (Tw)
波黑
abbr. for Bosnia-Herzegovina
渤海
Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong; Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
渤澥桑田
lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes
玻尿酸
hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
玻意耳
Robert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist
玻尔兹曼
Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
玻片
glass slide for medical sample
玻璃
glass; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]; (slang) male homosexual
玻璃市
Perlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央[Jia1 yang1]
玻璃心
(slang) overly sensitive; butthurt
玻璃砂
siliceous sand (geology)
玻璃纤维
fiberglass; glass fiber
玻璃罩
glass cover; bell glass
玻璃钢
glass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass
玻色子
boson (particle physics)
百色
Bose or Baise prefecture-level city in Guangxi
簸箕
wicker or bamboo winnowing basket; dustpan
钵头
earthen bowl (Shanghainese)
脖颈儿
back of the neck; nape
般若
Sanskrit prajña: wisdom; great wisdom; wondrous knowledge
般若波罗密
prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
舶来品
(old) imported goods; foreign goods
菠烷
bornane; camphane C10H18
薄一波
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
薄伽丘
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈[Shi2 ri4 Tan2]
薄利多销
small profit but rapid turnover
薄厚
meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation
薄命
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky
薄幸
fickle; inconstant person
薄待
mean treatment; indifference; meager hospitality
薄情
inconstant in love; fickle
薄技
meager skill; my poor talents (humble)
薄海
vast area; all the way to the sea
薄熙来
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, Minister of Commerce from 2004, Politburo member from 2007
薄瑞光
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006
薄产
meager estate; small means
薄田
barren field; poor land
薄礼
my meager gift (humble)
薄膜
membrane; film; CL:層|层[ceng2]
薄酒
dilute wine; insipid wine; I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor (humble)
薄酬
small reward (for work); meager remuneration
薄面
my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
薄养厚葬
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly
饽饽
pastry; steamed bun; cake
驳倒
to refute; to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
驳嘴
(dialect) to argue; to quarrel
驳回
to reject; to turn down; to overrule
驳岸
a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment; revetment
驳斥
to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce
驳落
to peel off; mottled; to fail an exam; to be demoted
驳议
to correct (in writing) sb's errors or misconceptions
驳辞
refutation; incoherent speech
驳运
transport by lighter; lighter
驳面子
to contradict sb to his face; insensitive to other's feelings