豹 (bào): leopard, panther
豹 (bào) is a Chinese character meaning “leopard.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 豸 (semantic) and 勺 (phonetic). It ranks #2421 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 豹 beast. Its radical form 豸 (cat) appears in many related characters such as 貌 (mào, (bound form) appearance).
Definitions
- leopard
- panther
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海豹noun | hǎi bào | (zoology) seal |
| 美洲豹noun | měi zhōu bào | jaguar (Panthera onca) |
| 豹子noun | bào zi | leopard |
| 猎豹noun | liè bào | cheetah |
| 雪豹noun | xuě bào | snow leopard |
| 金钱豹noun | jīn qián bào | leopard |
| 捷豹 | jié bào | Jaguar (car brand) |
| 管中窥豹phrase | guǎn zhōng kuī bào | lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) |
| 海豹部队 | hǎi bào bù duì | see 海豹突擊隊|海豹突击队 |
| 海豹突击队 | hǎi bào tū jī duì | (US Navy) SEAL commando unit |
| 西门豹 | xī mén bào | Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国 |
| 远东豹 | yuǎn dōng bào | Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) |
| 吃熊心豹子胆phrase | chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn | to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) |
| 象海豹 | xiàng hǎi bào | elephant seal |
| 海豹科 | hǎi bào kē | Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal |
豹 appears in 28 compound words: 14 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 21 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 豹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 豹.
Example Sentences
写好豹字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo bào zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "豹" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
TPBL》云豹例行赛封王倒数、海神不能再输!各队晋级季...
T P B L yún bào lì háng sài fēng wáng dǎo shǔ , hǎi shén bù néng zài shū ! gè duì jìn jí jì . . .
TPBL: Cloud Leopards One Win Away from Regular Season Title; Sea Gods Can't Afford Another Loss! Teams Advance to the Playoffs...
核电重启牵动绿电需求? 云豹能源:RE目标与市场动能仍旧强劲
hé diàn chóng qǐ qiān dòng lǜ diàn xū qiú ? yún bào néng yuán : R E mù biāo yǔ shì chǎng dòng néng réng jiù qiáng jìn
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云豹能源首开集团法说会 主攻分散式创能与永续...
yún bào néng yuán shǒu kāi jí tuán fǎ shuō huì zhǔ gōng fēn sàn shì chuàng néng yǔ yǒng xù . . .
Yunbao Energy Holds First Investor Conference, Focusing on Distributed Energy Generation and Sustainability...
...:Siri 进化、首发触控交互界面、“雪豹”式底层优化
. . . : S i r i jìn huà , shǒu fā chù kòng jiāo hù jiè miàn , xuě bào shì de céng yōu huà
...: Siri evolution, first touch interface, "snow leopard" underlying optimization
...Nuevo State Park暂停象海豹观赏游
. . . N u e v o S t a t e P a r k zàn tíng xiàng hǎi bào guàn shǎng yóu
... Nuevo State Park has suspended elephant seal viewing
你见过雪豹在山上狩猎吗？
Nǐ jiàn guo xuěbào zài Shānshàng shòuliè ma?
Have you ever seen a snow leopard hunt in the mountains?
Character Family
豸 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cat radical
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