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CHINESE CHARACTER

pō

泼

泼

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brutish

Numbered pinyin
po1
English meanings
to splash, to spill, rough and coarse, brutish

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 发.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰氵发

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    pō泼shuǐ水。

    Splash water.

  2. 02

    pō泼chūqu出去。

    Throw out water.

  3. 03

    pō泼le了yīshēn一身。

    Splashed all over.

  4. 04

    pōlěngshuǐ泼冷水。

    Pour cold water.

  5. 05

    pō泼sǎ洒。

    Spill.

  6. 06

    bié别pō泼。

    Don't splash.

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