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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
bào - to hold
- to carry (in one's arms)
- to hug
- to embrace
- to surround
- to cherish
- (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 1,281 1,197 566

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To wrap 包 in one's arms 扌; 包 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
抱歉 4 6 192 9,632 4,762
4 4 1,281 1,197 566
抱怨 6 5 2,215 4,448 2,291
拥抱 5 5 2,483 4,871 2,012
抱抱 - - 5,657 - -
怀抱 - 7 8,854 10,374 6,681
抱负 6 8 14,358 26,846 27,688
搂抱 - - 28,256 52,837 44,692
抱有 - - 28,281 - -
抱佛脚 - - 31,173 69,172 30,757
打抱不平 - - 35,127 49,258 40,732
环抱 - - 43,833 32,040 32,912
抱头痛哭 - - 46,484 43,778 30,183
抱不平 - - 57,662 69,566 52,467
抱病 - - 64,148 64,149 56,817
抱恨 - - 77,164 - 117,803
抱屈 - - 84,689 - 116,711