渤 (bó): used in 渤海
渤 (bó) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 渤海.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 勃 (phonetic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 渤 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).
Definitions
- used in 渤海
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 环渤海湾地区 | huán bó hǎi wān dì qū | Bohai Economic Rim (economic region including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong) |
| 渤海proper-noun | bó hǎi | Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong |
| 渤海湾proper-noun | bó hǎi wān | Bohai Bay |
| 渤澥桑田 | bó xiè sāng tián | lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记, Record of the Grand Historian) |
渤 appears in 4 compound words: 75 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 25 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 渤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
黄渤、常远、孟京辉、刘钧“喜聚”青岛 共话喜剧之市井根脉
huáng bó , cháng yuǎn , mèng jīng huī , liú jūn xǐ jù qīng dǎo gòng huà xǐ jù zhī shì jǐng gēn mài
Huang Bo, Chang Yuan, Meng Jinghui, and Liu Jun “Gather in Joy” in Qingdao to Discuss the Everyday Roots of Comedy
王万青去世后，王登渤算了一笔时间账：56年。
wáng wàn qīng qù shì hòu , wáng dēng bó suàn le yī bǐ shí jiān zhàng : 5 6 nián .
After Wang Wanqing’s death, Wang Dengbo did the math: 56 years.
影片由黄建新监制，章笛沙执导，黄渤、吴磊、高叶、孙阳领衔主演。
yǐng piàn yóu huáng jiàn xīn jiān zhì , zhāng dí shā zhí dǎo , huáng bó , wú lěi , gāo yè , sūn yáng lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn .
The film is executive produced by Huang Jianxin, directed by Zhang Disha, and stars Huang Bo, Wu Lei, Gao Ye, and Sun Yang in the lead roles.
近日，由黄渤、吴磊、高叶、孙阳主演的科幻电影《群星闪耀时》定档。
jìn rì , yóu huáng bó , wú lěi , gāo yè , sūn yáng zhǔ yǎn de kē huàn diàn yǐng qún xīng shǎn yào shí dìng dàng .
Recently, the sci-fi film *When the Stars Shine*, starring Huang Bo, Wu Lei, Gao Ye, and Sun Yang, announced its release date.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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