泊 (bó): to moor (a boat), to park (a vehicle), (literary) calm, quiet, peaceful
泊 (bó) is a Chinese character meaning “to moor (a boat).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 白 (phonetic). It ranks #2011 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泊 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to moor (a boat)
- to park (a vehicle)
- (literary) calm
- quiet
- peaceful
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血泊 | xuè pō | pool of blood |
| 漂泊 | piāo bó | (of a boat) to float |
| 停泊 | tíng bó | to anchor |
| 湖泊 | hú pō | lake |
| 尼泊尔 | ní bó ěr | Nepal |
| 泊位 | bó wèi | berth (for a ship) |
| 飘泊 | piāo bó | variant of 漂泊[piao1 bo2] |
| 淡泊 | dàn bó | living a simple life |
| 尼泊尔王国 | ní bó ěr wáng guó | Kingdom of Nepal |
| 代客泊车 | dài kè bó chē | valet parking |
| 泊松分布 | bó sōng fēn bù | Poisson distribution (in statistics) |
| 泊头市 | bó tóu shì | Botou, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 接泊车 | jiē bó chē | shuttle bus |
| 淡泊名利 | dàn bó míng lì | not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) |
| 罗布泊 | luó bù pō | Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed |
泊 appears in 28 compound words: 25 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 29 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 泊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
船只停泊在港口，等待起航。
Chuánzhī tíngbó zài gǎngkǒu, děngdài qǐháng.
The ships are moored in the harbor, waiting to set sail.
Benz女司机违泊巴士站拒离开!举中指挑衅 九巴司机落车理...
B e n z nǚ sī jī wéi bó bā shì zhàn jù lí kāi ! jǔ zhōng zhǐ tiāo xìn jiǔ bā sī jī luò chē lǐ . . .
Female Mercedes-Benz driver illegally parks at bus stop and refuses to leave! She flips the bird in defiance; KMB driver gets out to deal with...
香港仔避风塘 建游艇泊位兼250住宅 片区形式明上半年招标 发...
xiāng gǎng zǐ bì fēng táng jiàn yóu tǐng bó wèi jiān 2 5 0 zhù zhái piàn qū xíng shì míng shàng bàn nián zhāo biāo fā . . .
Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter to Feature Yacht Berths and 250 Residential Units; Tender for the Development Site Expected in the First Half of the Year...
2度假饭店1泊2食开卖!统一谷关泡汤+吃锅 甜点餐车无...
2 dù jiǎ fàn diàn 1 bó 2 shí kāi mài ! tǒng yī gǔ guān pāo tāng chī guō tián diǎn cān chē wú . . .
2 resort hotels 1 night and 2 meals are on sale! Unified Guguan soup + eating pot dessert food truck no...
全世界最深的湖泊出事了!貝加爾湖巴士墜冰8死慘案,湖底尋...
quán shì jiè zuì shēn de hú bó chū shì le ! 貝 jiā 爾 hú bā shì 墜 bīng sǐ 慘 àn , hú de 尋 . . .
The world's deepest lake has seen tragedy! Eight dead in Lake Baikal bus plunge through ice; search continues at lake bottom...
...客百元入住大理醫院住宿中心:設施新兼免費泊車
. . . kè bǎi yuán rù zhù dà lǐ 醫 yuàn zhù sù zhōng xīn 設 shī xīn jiān miǎn 費 bó 車
... Dali Hospital Accommodation Center: New Facilities and Free Parking
一滴滴水能聚成湖泊。
Yī dī dī shuǐ néng jù chéng húpō.
Drop by drop, the water can conglomerate into a lake.
在俄罗斯的贝加尔湖是世界上最深的湖泊。
Zài éluósī de Bèijiā'ěr Hú shì shìjiè shàng zuì shēn de húpō.
Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world.
我自己也因违例泊车而被罚了许多次款。
Wǒ zìjǐ yě yīn wéilì bóchē ér bèi fá le xǔduō cì kuǎn.
I've paid parking fines a number of times myself.
在你生活的地方有许多湖泊。
Zài nǐ shēnghuó de dìfang yǒu xǔduō húpō.
There are many lakes in the area where you live.
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