柏 (bǎi): Taiwan pr., cedar, cypress
柏 (bǎi) is a Chinese character meaning “taiwan pr..” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 白 (phonetic). It ranks #1585 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 柏 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- Taiwan pr.
- cedar
- cypress
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柏林 | bó lín | Berlin, capital of Germany |
| 都柏林 | dū bó lín | Dublin, capital of Ireland |
| 柏拉图 | bó lā tú | Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher |
| 柏油 | bǎi yóu | asphalt |
| 柏树 | bǎi shù | cypress tree |
| 柏油路 | bǎi yóu lù | tarred road |
| 柏柏尔 | bò bò ěr | Berber people of North Africa |
| 齐柏林 | qí bó lín | Zeppelin (name) |
| 松柏 | sōng bǎi | pine and cypress |
| 张柏芝 | zhāng bó zhī | Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer |
| 刺柏 | cì bǎi | Chinese juniper |
| 柏林工业大学 | bó lín gōng yè dà xué | Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin) |
| 新柏拉图主义 | xīn bó lā tú zhǔ yì | neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism) |
| 柏举之战 | bǎi jǔ zhī zhàn | Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[Chu3] |
| 万柏林区 | wàn bó lín qū | Wanbolin district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi |
柏 appears in 48 compound words: 52 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 柏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
秋风起，柏叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , bǎi xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
Autumn winds rise, Cypress leaves turn yellow, Carpeted along the forest path.
冯允谦返加国见另一半无被催婚 未收到陈柏宇邀请做嘉宾
píng yǔn qiān fǎn jiā guó jiàn lìng yī bàn wú bèi cuī hūn wèi shōu dào chén bǎi yǔ yāo qǐng zuò jiā bīn
Feng Yunqian returned to Canada to see that his other half was not urged to get married, and did not receive Chen Baiyu's invitation as a guest
林柏宏春节变散财童子!打麻将天天输钱 想野生...
lín bǎi hóng chūn jié biàn sàn cái tóng zǐ ! dǎ má jiāng tiān tiān shū qián xiǎng yě shēng . . .
Lin Baihong became a boy with money during the Spring Festival! Playing mahjong and losing money every day, I want to be wild...
柏林影展得奖名单/得奖者狠呛政府“以色列的...
bǎi lín yǐng zhǎn dé jiǎng míng dān dé jiǎng zhě hěn qiàng zhèng fǔ yǐ sè liè de . . .
Berlin Film Festival Winners/Winners Choke on the Government "Israel's...
应家柏话嘉应高升系全球世一马!
yīng jiā bǎi huà jiā yīng gāo shēng xì quán qiú shì yī mǎ !
Engelbrecht-Bresges says Jiaying's promotion is the world's best horse!
德国睽违22年 靠这部片夺柏林影展金熊奖
dé guó 睽 wéi 2 2 nián kào zhè bù piàn duó bǎi lín yǐng zhǎn jīn xióng jiǎng
Germany won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the first time in 22 years
雅尼想上大学，成为柏柏尔语教师。
Yǎ ní xiǎng shàng dàxué, chéngwéi Bòbò'ěr yǔ jiàoshī.
Yanni wants to go to college and be a Berber teacher.
他需要参加柏柏尔语沉浸式课程。
Tā xūyào cānjiā Bòbò'ěr yǔ chénjìn shì kèchéng.
He needed a Berber language immersion course.
你是什么时候搬到柏林的呀？
Nǐ shì shénmeshíhou bān dào Bólín de ya?
When did you move to Berlin?
这片森林的树主要是柏树。
Zhè piàn sēnlín de shù zhǔyào shì bǎishù.
The main type of tree in this part of the forest is the cypress.
Character Family
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