玻 (bō): (bound form) glass, see 玻璃
玻 (bō) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) glass.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 王 (semantic) and 皮 (phonetic). It ranks #1752 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 玻 jade. Its radical form 王 (jade) appears in many related characters such as 玩 (wán, to play), 现 (xiàn, to appear), 班 (bān, team).
Definitions
- (bound form) glass
- see 玻璃
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 玻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玻利维亚proper-noun | bō lì wéi yà | Bolivia |
| 玻璃杯noun | bō li bēi | drinking glass |
| 窗玻璃 | chuāng bō lí | window pane |
| 玻璃球 | bō li qiú | a marble (used in games) |
| 玻璃纸noun | bō li zhǐ | cellophane |
| 磨砂玻璃noun | mó shā bō li | frosted glass |
| 钢化玻璃noun | gāng huà bō li | reinforced glass |
| 玻璃罩 | bō li zhào | glass cover |
| 玻璃体noun | bō lí tǐ | vitreous humor |
| 有机玻璃noun | yǒu jī bō li | plexiglass |
| 毛玻璃noun | máo bō li | frosted glass |
| 希格斯玻色子noun | xī gé sī bō sè zǐ | Higgs boson (particle physics) |
| 玻里尼西亚proper-noun | bō lǐ ní xī yà | Polynesia (Tw) |
| 玻利尼西亚 | bō lì ní xī yà | Polynesia |
| 玻色子noun | bō sè zǐ | boson (particle physics) |
玻 appears in 36 compound words: 64 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 36 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 玻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
写好玻字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo bō zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "玻" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
C-130载新钞坠! 玻利维亚空难15死 目击者忙捡钱遭警驱离
C 1 3 0 zài xīn chāo zhuì ! bō lì wéi yà kōng nán 1 5 sǐ mù jī zhě máng jiǎn qián zāo jǐng qū lí
C-130 loaded with new banknotes! 15 people died in a plane crash in Bolivia Witnesses were driven away by the police while picking up money
广角镜/新北玻璃娃娃小雪 街头开唱 歌声动人
guǎng jiǎo jìng xīn běi bō lí wá wá xiǎo xuě jiē tóu kāi chàng gē shēng dòng rén
Wide-angle lens/New Taipei glass doll Xiaoxue sings on the street and sings movingly
...死了!新西兰航空客机在飞行途中发现,挡风玻璃突然开裂!
. . . sǐ le ! xīn xī lán háng kōng kè jī zài fēi háng tú zhōng fā xiàn , dǎng fēng bō lí tū rán kāi liè !
... Dead! The Air New Zealand passenger plane discovered during the flight that the windshield suddenly cracked!
玻璃市及吉打部分地区一级高温
bō lí shì jí jí dǎ bù fēn dì qū yī jí gāo wēn
Perlis and parts of Kedah have a high temperature of level 1
陆玻纤布业 再掀涨价潮
lù bō qiàn bù yè zài xiān zhǎng jià cháo
The land glass fiber fabric industry has set off another wave of price increases
车头的挡风玻璃被砸至粉碎。
Chē tóu de dǎngfēngbōli bèi zá zhì fěnsuì.
The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
不要踩在碎玻璃上。
Bù yào cǎi zài suì bōli shàng.
Don't step on the broken glass.
汤姆把窗玻璃打烂了。
Tāngmǔ bǎ chuāngbōlí dǎ làn le.
Tom broke the window pane.
雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
Yǔdī qiāodǎ chuānghu bōli.
The rain beats against the window pane.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 王 (jade) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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