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抱 (bào): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 4

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HSK 3.0Vocab 4 Recognition 4 Writing 4

1.

Animated Stroke Order 抱

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How to write 抱 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 抱

抱 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

抱

扌shǒu · hand

包bāo · wrap

抱=

4.

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5.

How to Use 抱

Emotions and attitude

In words about feelings, 抱 (bào) combines with other characters to express emotions like complaining or apologizing.

抱怨 • bào yuàn • complain; grumble • HSK 5

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6.

Example Sentences

tā他

men们

rè热

qíng情

dì地

yōng拥

bào

Information

Pinyinbào

Meaningto hold

Strokes8

Radical扌

Traditional抱

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#845

Zhuyinㄅㄠˋ

UnicodeU+62B1

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扌shǒu · hand

+包bāo · wrap

bào抱

yuàn怨

complain; grumble

抱歉 • bào qiàn • apologise • HSK 4

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bào抱

qiàn歉

apologise

Physical embrace

In words about hugging, 抱 (bào) refers to holding someone or something in your arms.

拥抱 • yōng bào • embrace; hug • HSK 5

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yōng拥

bào抱

embrace; hug

怀抱 • huái bào • Embrace / Bosom • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

huái怀

bào抱

Embrace / Bosom

抱

bǐ彼

cǐ此

。

They hugged each other warmly.

tā他

zǒng总

shì是

bào抱

yuàn怨

gōng工

zuò作

tài太

lèi累

。

He always complains that the work is too tiring.

mā妈

mā妈

huái怀

bào抱

bǎo宝

bǎo宝

。

The mother holds the baby in her arms.

mā妈

ma妈

wēn温

róu柔

de地

bào抱

zhe着

hái孩

zi子

。

The mother gently holds the child.

bào抱

qiàn歉

，

wǒ我

chí迟

dào到

le了

。

Sorry, I'm late.

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Characters pronounced "bao".

鲍bàoabalone; dried fish; surname
饱bǎofull up; eaten to one’s satisfaction
苞bāoa variety of rush; firm, enduring; to burst forth
剥bāoto peel, to skin, to strip off
包bāoa packet of; package
暴bàosudden, violent, or cruel

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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