抱
bào
embrace, hold in arms, enfold
- Strokes
- 8
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 3
- Frequency
- No. 313
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What 抱 means
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
Ideographic: To wrap 包 in one's arms 扌; 包 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 抱
- 抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- 抱怨bào yuànto complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- 拥抱yōng bàoto embrace; to hug
- 抱抱bào bàoto hug; to give a cuddle
- 怀抱huái bàoto hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- 抱负bào fùaspiration; ambition
- 抱头bào tóuto put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc); to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
- 投怀送抱tóu huái sòng bàoto throw oneself in sb's arms; to throw oneself at sb
- 公主抱gōng zhǔ bàoto carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
- 合抱hé bàoto wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
- 抱定bào dìngto hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly
- 抱有bào yǒuto have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
抱 in a sentence
wǒ xiǎng yào gè bào bào 。
I want a hug.
wǒ hěn bào qiàn nà me wǎn huí jiā 。
I'm very sorry I came home so late.
nǐ hái xiǎng yōng bào wǒ yí xià ma ？
Do you still want to give me a hug?
wǒ bù xiǎng zài tīng nǐ bào yuàn le 。
I don't want to hear any more of your complaining.
nà ge nián qīng nǚ rén shǒu bào zhù yīng ér 。
The young woman was carrying an infant in her arms.