(): slope

() is a Chinese character meaning “slope.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1540 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, earth. Its radical form (earth) appears in many related characters such as (zài, to exist), (, earth, ground), (chǎng, field, place).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. slope

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticearth

Decomposition: ⿰土皮 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounshān pōhillside6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
xié pōslope
xīn jiā pōSingapore
xià pōdownhill
zǒu xià pō lùto go downhill
shàng pōuphill
dǒu pōsteep slope
pō dàoroad on a slope
huá pōrockslide
jí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
pō dùgradient
shàng pō lùuphill road
xià pō lùdownhill road
kē lún pōColombo, capital of Sri Lanka
sū dōng pōSu Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
dōng pōDongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan
51
Total compounds
18
As first character
45
As last character
37
As middle character

appears in 51 compound words: 18 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 37 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.

jiā
0.626265,203 co-occurrences
xīn
0.608267,342 co-occurrences
dǒu
0.5937,264 co-occurrences
xié
0.56517,760 co-occurrences
lóng
0.51832,985 co-occurrences
qiào
0.4932,400 co-occurrences
0.47933,270 co-occurrences
cóng
0.4623,918 co-occurrences
shān
0.46165,988 co-occurrences
0.4553,675 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

bàn pō yí zhǐHSK 6+

Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个山太陡了,开车上去很危险。

Zhè gè shānpō tài dǒu le, kāichē shàngqu hěn wēixiǎn.

This hillside is too steep; it's dangerous to drive up.

中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻Feb 2026

(新春走基层)山西新绛:七星上坐满看戏人

( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī xīn 绛 : qī xīng pō shàng zuò mǎn kàn xì rén

(New Year at the grassroots level) Shanxi Xinjiang: The Qixing Slope is full of theatergoers

NewtalkFeb 2026

男子骑车出游经南横疑自撞护栏 坠边送医不治

nán zǐ qí chē chū yóu jīng nán héng yí zì zhuàng hù lán zhuì biān pō sòng yī bù zhì

The man was riding a bicycle through South Heng and was suspected of crashing into a guardrail and falling down a slope and was taken to hospital where he died

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

6旬骑士游南横公路自撞护栏 摔50米边丧命...撞击瞬间曝光

6 xún qí shì yóu nán héng gōng lù zì zhuàng hù lán shuāi 5 0 mǐ biān pō sāng mìng . . . zhuàng jī shùn jiān pù guāng

A 60-year-old knight traveled to Nanheng Highway and crashed into a guardrail and fell 50 meters down the slope and died... The impact was instantaneously exposed

百度新闻Feb 2026

餐饮在线运营商再惠谋求新加和香港双重上市:尚未盈..

cān yǐn zài xiàn yùn yíng shāng zài huì móu qiú xīn jiā pō hé xiāng gǎng shuāng chóng shǎng shì shàng wèi yíng . .

F&B online operator Re-Wai seeks dual listing in Singapore and Hong Kong: not yet profitable...

百度新闻Feb 2026

首金来了!苏翊鸣生日当天获男子面障碍技巧金牌 曾..

shǒu jīn lái le ! sū 翊 míng shēng rì dāng tiān huò nán zǐ pō miàn zhàng ài jì qiǎo jīn pái céng . .

Here comes the first gold! Su Yiming won the gold medal in men's steeplechase on his birthday, and had...

Tatoeba

在新加,鞭刑是处置犯人的方法之一。

Zài Xīnjiāpō, biān xíng shì chǔzhì fànrén de fāngfǎ zhīyī.

In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.

Tatoeba

上有一个茅屋。

Shānpō shàng yǒu yī gè máowū.

There was a cottage on the side of the hill.

Tatoeba

蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡

Wānyán de xiǎolù páshàng le dǒupō.

The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

Tatoeba

在新加的街道上扔垃圾会被罚款。

Zài Xīnjiāpō de jiēdào shàng rēng lājī huì bèi fákuǎn.

They fine you in Singapore if you throw trash in the streets.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 坡 (pō) mean in Chinese?
坡 (pō) primarily means "slope." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1540 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 坡 and 波?
坡 (pō) and 波 (bō) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 土 vs 氵 (same 皮 component).
How many strokes does 坡 have?
坡 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 坡?
The radical associated with 坡 is 土 (earth). This radical appears in many characters related to earth.
What are the components of 坡?
坡 is composed of: 土 (semantic), 皮 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰土皮 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 坡?
Common words with 坡 include: 斜坡 (xié pō, "slope"); 山坡 (shān pō, "hillside"); 新加坡 (xīn jiā pō, "Singapore"); 下坡 (xià pō, "downhill"); 走下坡路 (zǒu xià pō lù, "to go downhill"). There are over 51 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 坡 (pō)?
Several characters share the pronunciation pō: 颇 (Taiwan pr.), 破 (break), 泼 (to splash), 婆 (grandmother). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 坡 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 坡 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.