Chinese words starting with “bo”
29 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable bo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial b · final o · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 17
- 2nd tone 12
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 播放bō fàngHSK 3
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
- 播出bō chūHSK 3
to broadcast; to air (a TV program etc)
All 29 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 博士 | bó shì | n | doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D. | |
| 2 | 拨 | bō | v,q | 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 | |
| 3 | 玻璃 | bō li | n | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 4 | 脖子 | bó zi | n | neck | |
| 5 | 播 | bō | v | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] | |
| 6 | 博物馆 | bó wù guǎn | n | museum | |
| 7 | 博客 | bó kè | nz | blog (loanword); weblog; blogger | |
| 8 | 拨打 | bō dǎ | v | to call; to dial | |
| 9 | 波动 | bō dòng | vn,v,n | to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall | |
| 10 | 剥夺 | bō duó | v,vn | to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property) | |
| 11 | 剥 | bō | v | to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck | |
| 12 | 薄弱 | bó ruò | a | weak; frail | |
| 13 | 驳回 | bó huí | v,vn | to reject; to turn down; to overrule | |
| 14 | 搏斗 | bó dòu | v | to wrestle; to fight; to struggle | |
| 15 | 剥削 | bō xuē | v,vn | to exploit; exploitation | |
| 16 | 博览会 | bó lǎn huì | n | exposition; international fair | |
| 17 | 拨款 | bō kuǎn | v,vn | to allocate funds; appropriation | |
| 18 | 播种 | bō zhòng | v,vn | to grow (maize etc) from seed; to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed | |
| 19 | 波浪 | bō làng | n | wave | |
| 20 | 波及 | bō jí | v | to spread to; to involve; to affect | |
| 21 | 拨通 | bō tōng | v | to get through to sb on the phone | |
| 22 | 波澜 | bō lán | n | billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) | |
| 23 | 波折 | bō zhé | n | twists and turns | |
| 24 | 伯父 | bó fù | n | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 25 | 伯伯 | bó bo | n | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 26 | 伯母 | bó mǔ | n | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 27 | 波涛 | bō tāo | n | great waves; billows | |
| 28 | 博大精深 | bó dà jīng shēn | v | wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep | |
| 29 | 波涛汹涌 | bō tāo xiōng yǒng | waves surging forth; roaring sea |
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