沃 (wò): fertile, rich, to irrigate
沃 (wò) is a Chinese character meaning “fertile.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 夭 (phonetic). It ranks #1791 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 沃 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
- fertile
- rich
- to irrigate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 沃
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 密尔沃基 | mì ěr wò jī | Milwaukee (city) |
| 沃伦 | wò lún | Warren (name) |
| 沃尔玛 | wò ěr mǎ | Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer) |
| 霍格沃茨 | huò gé wò cí | Hogwarts (Harry Potter) |
| 沃尔夫 | wò ěr fū | Wolf, Woolf (name) |
| 沃顿 | wò dùn | Wharton (name) |
| 科索沃 | kē suǒ wò | Kosovo |
| 特雷沃 | tè léi wò | Trevor (name) |
| 沃尔沃 | wò ěr wò | Volvo (Swedish car company) |
| 沃土 | wò tǔ | fertile land |
| 沃特森 | wò tè sēn | Watson (name) |
| 科茨沃尔德 | kē cí wò ěr dé | the Cotswolds (England) |
| 沃野 | wò yě | fertile land |
| 沃尔特·惠特曼 | wò ěr tè · huì tè màn | Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, essayist and journalist |
| 达沃斯 | dá wò sī | Davos (Swiss ski resort) |
沃 appears in 45 compound words: 49 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 40 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 沃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 沃.
Example Sentences
清晨的沃面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de wò miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The water surface glistened in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
沃特世推出新一代微流液相色谱柱,凭藉 Ma...
wò tè shì tuī chū xīn yī dài wēi liú yè xiāng sè pǔ zhù , píng 藉 M a . . .
Waters has launched a new generation of microfluidic liquid chromatography columns that leverage Ma...
联储局沃勒指当局须谨慎部署采用AI技术
lián chǔ jú wò lè zhǐ dāng jú xū jǐn shèn bù shǔ cǎi yòng A I jì shù
Federal Reserve Waller said that authorities must be cautious in deploying AI technology
沃达丰宣布赎回2028年到期美元债券
wò dá fēng xuān bù shú huí 2 0 2 8 nián dào qī měi yuán zhài quàn
Vodafone announced the redemption of US dollar bonds due 2028
沃尔沃汽车因电池过热风险召回超4万辆EX3...
wò ěr wò qì chē yīn diàn chí guò rè fēng xiǎn zhào huí chāo 4 wàn liàng E X 3 . . .
Volvo Cars recalled more than 40,000 EX3s due to battery overheating risks...
而我此时在利沃夫！
ér wǒ cǐshí zài lì wò fū!
And I'm in Lvov now!
符拉迪沃斯托克是俄罗斯的一个城市。
Fúlādíwòsītuōkè shì éluósī de yī gè chéngshì.
Vladivostok is a city in Russia.
他农场的土地十分肥沃。
Tā nóngchǎng de tǔdì shífēn féiwò.
The land on his farm is very fertile.
我以前从没听说过利沃夫。
Wǒ yǐqián cóngméi tīngshuō guo Lìwòfū.
I had never heard about Lviv before.
这里的土壤肥沃。
Zhèlǐ de tǔrǎng féiwò.
The soil here is fertile.
Character Family
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