搏 (bó): to fight, to combat, to seize
搏 (bó) is a Chinese character meaning “to fight.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 尃 (phonetic). It ranks #2302 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 搏 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to fight
- to combat
- to seize
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脉搏 | mài bó | pulse (both medical and figurative) |
| 搏斗 | bó dòu | to wrestle |
| 搏击 | bó jī | to fight, esp. with hands |
| 拼搏 | pīn bó | to struggle |
| 肉搏 | ròu bó | to fight hand-to-hand |
| 搏动 | bó dòng | to beat rhythmically |
| 肉搏战 | ròu bó zhàn | hand-to-hand combat |
| 搏杀 | bó shā | to fight and kill |
| 放手一搏 | fàng shǒu yī bó | to put one's all into the fight |
| 搏感情 | bó gǎn qíng | (Tw) to build up a rapport |
| 起搏器 | qǐ bó qì | artificial pacemaker |
| 心搏 | xīn bó | heartbeat |
| 搏战 | bó zhàn | to fight |
| 搏命 | bó mìng | to fight with all one has |
| 早搏 | zǎo bó | (medicine) premature beat |
搏 appears in 19 compound words: 47 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 11 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 搏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
运动员们在赛场上奋力拼搏，争取最好的成绩。
Yùndòngyuánmen zài sàichǎng shàng fènlì pīnbó, zhēngqǔ zuì hǎo de chéngjì.
The athletes fought hard on the field to achieve the best results.
...8小时最后通牒”将至 伊朗或对美“拼死一搏”-国际在线
. . . 8 xiǎo shí zuì hòu tōng 牒 jiāng zhì yī lǎng huò duì měi pīn sǐ yī bó guó jì zài xiàn
...With the "8-hour ultimatum" approaching, Iran may make a "last-ditch effort" against the U.S. - China Radio International
营运搏翻身 光学膜材抢进半导体
yíng yùn bó fān shēn guāng xué mó cái qiǎng jìn bàn dǎo tǐ
Operations Turn the Tide: Optical Film Materials Make Inroads into the Semiconductor Industry
省小钱搏命?爆胎车停台68拒拖吊硬开上路 业者批...
shěng xiǎo qián bó mìng ? bào tāi chē tíng tái 6 8 jù tuō diào yìng kāi shàng lù yè zhě pī . . .
Risking your life to save a few bucks? Driver with a flat tire stops on Highway 68, refuses tow, and drives off anyway; industry insiders criticize...
来稿|拼搏未必再带来改变
lái gǎo pīn bó wèi bì zài dài lái gǎi biàn
Hard work may not bring about change
【投資搏擊】有糊要食 短打為主
tóu 資 bó 擊 yǒu hú yāo shí duǎn dǎ 為 zhǔ
【Investment Brawl】Take what you can get—focus on quick trades.
再检查一下汤姆的脉搏。
Zài jiǎnchá yīxià Tāngmǔ de màibó.
Check Tom's pulse again.
医生正在量病人的脉搏。
Yīshēng zhèngzài liáng bìngrén de màibó.
The doctor is taking the patient's pulse.
医生认为病人的脉搏有点快。
Yīshēng rènwéi bìngrén de màibó yǒudiǎn kuài.
The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.
他的脉搏正常吗？
Tā de màibó zhèngcháng ma?
Is his pulse regular?
Character Family
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