(bǎo): full

(bǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “full.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1971 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, food. Its radical form (eat) appears in many related characters such as (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), (guǎn, restaurant, hall).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. full

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticfood

Decomposition: ⿰饣包 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
bǎo shòuto endure
bǎo mǎnfull
bǎo hésaturated
bǎo cānto eat one's fill
wēn bǎoto have enough food and warm clothes
bǎo hánto be full of (emotion)
dà bǎo yǎn fúto feast one's eyes
zhōng bǎo sī nángto stuff one's pockets
yī bǎo yǎn fúto feast one's eyes on (idiom)
bǎo chángto enjoy fully
bǎo yǎn fúto feast one's eyes on (idiom)
bǎo lǎnto look intensively
bǎo jīng fēng shuāngweather-beaten
jiǔ zú fàn bǎoto have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
bǎo jīng cāng sānghaving lived through many changes
48
Total compounds
56
As first character
23
As last character
21
As middle character

appears in 48 compound words: 56 as the first character, 23 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

cuì
0.75812 co-occurrences
0.67912 co-occurrences
tuǐ
0.64913 co-occurrences
mài
0.63213 co-occurrences
0.61613 co-occurrences
láo
0.58410 co-occurrences
fáng
0.553822 co-occurrences
tào
0.51710 co-occurrences
wéi
0.506288 co-occurrences
zhī
0.490894 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (15)

bǎocānyīdùnHSK 4+

to eat one's fill, to be full

phrase
bǎohé zhīfángHSK 6+

saturated fat

noun
bǎojīngcāngsāngHSK 7+

to experience many vicissitudes; to have experienced many vicissitudes of life; to have lived through many changes

phrase
bǎojīngfēngshuāngHSK 7+

weather-beaten; having had one's fill of hardships; having experienced the hardship of life

phrase
bǎo jīng yōu huànHSK 6+

having experienced much suffering

phrase
bǎoshízhōngrìHSK 4+

to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)

phrase
bǎoyǐlǎoquánHSK 7+

to beat someone up with fists

phrase
chá yú fàn bǎoHSK 5+

see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[cha2 yu2 fan4 hou4]

phrase
dà bǎo kǒu fúHSK 4+

to eat one's fill; to have a good meal

phrase
dàbǎoyǎnfúHSK 4+

to feast one's eyes on something

phrase
jīngshénbǎomǎnHSK 5+

mettlesome; full of energy; bouncy; full of vigor; as fresh as paint

phrase
jiǔ zú fàn bǎoHSK 3+

to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content

phrase

Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这顿饭吃得很,晚上可能不用吃宵夜了。

Zhè dùn fàn chī de hěn bǎo, wǎnshang kěnéng bú yòng chī xiāoyè le.

This meal was very filling; I probably won't need a late-night snack.

NewsFeb 2026

...员工餐厅年销百万颗月饼、自助餐75元夹到...“亏钱也要卖”的美味秘密

. . . yuán gōng cān tīng nián xiāo bǎi wàn kē yuè bǐng zì zhù cān yuán jiā dào bǎo . . . kuī qián yě yāo mài de měi wèi mì mì

... The employee restaurant sells millions of mooncakes a year, and the buffet is 75 yuan sandwiched to the full... The delicious secret of "selling even if you lose money"

NewsFeb 2026

过年“烤蚵吃到”10人吐泻 业者说话了

guò nián kǎo 蚵 chī dào bǎo rén tǔ xiè yè zhě shuō huà le

New Year's "all-you-can-eat oysters" 10 people vomited and diarrhea The operator spoke

NewsFeb 2026

...劳2.23起推全新人气着数套餐 脆辣鸡腿餐首次加入 黄泽林首拍“老麦”广告重新演...

. . . láo . qǐ tuī quán xīn rén qì zhe shǔ tào cān cuì là jī tuǐ bǎo cān shǒu cì jiā rù huáng zé lín shǒu pāi lǎo mài guǎng gào chóng xīn yǎn . . .

Starting February 23, McDonald's launches its new popular value meal featuring the Crispy Spicy Chicken Meal for the first time. Wong Chak-lam makes his debut in a McDonald's commercial, reprising his role...

NewsFeb 2026

麦当劳全新人气着数套餐优惠!脆辣鸡腿餐减$10 麦乐鸡/麦炸鸡/猪柳蛋汉堡餐...

mài dāng láo quán xīn rén qì zhe shǔ tào cān yōu huì ! cuì là jī tuǐ bǎo cān jiǎn mài lè jī mài zhà jī zhū liǔ dàn hàn bǎo cān . . .

McDonald's New Popular Value Meal Deals! Crispy Spicy Chicken Meal Save $10 McNuggets/McChicken/Chicken McNuggets & Egg Burger Meals...

NewsFeb 2026

台中老字号吃到传食安危机!一家5口食物中毒 食安处:最...

tái zhōng lǎo zì hào chī dào bǎo chuán shí ān wēi jī ! yī jiā kǒu shí wù zhōng dú shí ān chǔ zuì . . .

Taichung's Long-Established All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant Hit by Food Safety Crisis! Family of Five Suffers Food Poisoning; Food Safety Office: Most...

Tatoeba

"你想再多吃点吗?" "不,我吃了。"

"nǐ xiǎng zài duō chī diǎn ma?" "bù, wǒ chībǎo le."

"Would you like any more?" "No, I've had enough."

Tatoeba

我已经吃了,谢谢。

Wǒ yǐjīng chībǎo le, xièxie.

I'm already full, thank you.

Tatoeba

稻穗越满越低头。

Dàosuì yuè bǎomǎn yuè dītóu.

The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

Tatoeba

我吃了,所以我的胃都满了。

Wǒ chībǎo le, suǒyǐ wǒ de wèi dōu mǎn le.

I've had enough, so my stomach is full.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced bǎo

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 饱 (bǎo) mean in Chinese?
饱 (bǎo) primarily means "full." It is classified as HSK Level 3, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #1971 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 饱 and 空?
饱 (bǎo) and 空 (kōng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 饱 (full) vs 空 (empty).
How many strokes does 饱 have?
饱 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 饱?
The radical associated with 饱 is 饣 (eat). This radical appears in many characters related to eat.
What are the components of 饱?
饱 is composed of: 饣 (semantic), 包 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰饣包 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 饱?
Common words with 饱 include: 饱受 (bǎo shòu, "to endure"); 饱满 (bǎo mǎn, "full"); 饱和 (bǎo hé, "saturated"); 饱餐 (bǎo cān, "to eat one's fill"); 温饱 (wēn bǎo, "to have enough food and warm clothes"). There are over 48 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 饱 (bǎo)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bǎo: 胞 (placenta), 包 (to cover), 煲 (to cook slowly over a low flame), 薄 (thin), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 饱 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 饱 and the traditional form is 飽.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.