薄

báo · bao/bó · bo/bò · bo/Bó · bo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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báo 薄

  1. thin
  2. cold in manner
  3. indifferent
  4. weak
  5. light
  6. infertile

bó 薄

  1. meager
  2. slight
  3. weak
  4. ungenerous or unkind
  5. frivolous
  6. to despise
  7. to belittle
  8. to look down on
  9. to approach or near

bò 薄

  1. see 薄荷 (bò he)

Bó 薄

  1. surname Bo

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)张(zhāng)纸(zhǐ)很(hěn)薄(báo),一(yì)撕(sī)就(jiù)破(pò)。

This piece of paper is very thin; it tears as soon as you pull it.

02

他(tā)的(de)收(shōu)入(rù)微(wēi)薄(bó),难(nán)以(yǐ)维(wéi)持(chí)生(shēng)活(huó)。

His income is meager, making it hard to make ends meet.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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