瀑 (bào): shower (rain), waterfall
瀑 (bào) is a Chinese character meaning “shower (rain).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 暴 (structural). It ranks #2838 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瀑 violent 暴 water 氵; 暴 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- shower (rain)
- waterfall
Etymology & Origin
ideographicViolent 暴 water 氵; 暴 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰氵暴 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瀑布 | pù bù | waterfall |
| 尼加拉瀑布 | ní jiā lā pù bù | Niagara Falls (Tw) |
| 维多利亚瀑布 | wéi duō lì yà pù bù | Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| 黄果树大瀑布 | huáng guǒ shù dà pù bù | Huangguoshu falls, Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou |
| 尼亚加拉瀑布 | ní yà jiā lā pù bù | Niagara Falls |
| 黄果树瀑布 | huáng guǒ shù pù bù | Huangguoshu waterfalls, Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou |
| 小瀑布 | xiǎo pù bù | cascade |
| 飞瀑 | fēi pù | waterfall |
| 洛皮塔瀑布 | luò pí tǎ pù bù | Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant |
瀑 appears in 9 compound words: 11 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 78 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 瀑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，瀑水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , bào shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, the waterfall flows slowly eastward.
...宅凯旋青树疑消防管线出包 天花板漏水像“瀑布”
. . . zhái kǎi xuán qīng shù yí xiāo fáng guǎn xiàn chū bāo tiān huā bǎn lòu shuǐ xiàng bào bù
...Zhai Kaixuan Qingshu: Suspected Fire Hydrant Malfunction Causes Ceiling to Leak Like a "Waterfall"
成都紫藤花开形成紫色花瀑从居民楼“倾泻而下”
chéng dōu zǐ téng huā kāi xíng chéng zǐ sè huā bào cóng jū mín lóu qīng xiè ér xià
Wisteria blooms in Chengdu form a purple cascade that "spills down" from residential buildings
大爆花!台中百年九重葛桃红瀑布倾泄 网友:像电影场景
dà bào huā ! tái zhōng bǎi nián jiǔ chóng 葛 táo hóng bào bù qīng xiè wǎng yǒu : xiàng diàn yǐng chǎng jǐng
A Spectacular Bloom! A Pink Waterfall of Centennial Bougainvillea in Taichung Leaves Netizens in Awe: "It Looks Like a Scene from a Movie"
壶口瀑布冰凌消融气势磅礴
hú kǒu bào bù bīng líng xiāo róng qì shì bàng 礴
The ice melting of Hukou Waterfall is majestic
我看见那儿有个很美的瀑布。
Wǒ kànjiàn nàr yǒu gè hěn Měidí pùbù.
I saw a wonderful fall there.
因为这是一个有好几层的瀑布，所以速度慢也不会让人惊讶。
Yīnwèi zhè shì yī gè yǒu hǎojǐ céng de pùbù, suǒyǐ sùdù màn yě bù huì ràng rén jīngyà.
As this is a cascade with multiple layers, it shouldn't be surprising that it's slow.
Character Family
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