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薄

báo · bao/bó · bo/bò · bo/Bó · bo

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Meaning

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báo 薄

  1. thin
  2. cold in manner
  3. indifferent
  4. weak
  5. light
  6. infertile

bó 薄

  1. meager
  2. slight
  3. weak
  4. ungenerous or unkind
  5. frivolous
  6. to despise
  7. to belittle
  8. to look down on
  9. to approach or near

bò 薄

  1. see 薄荷 (bò he)

Bó 薄

  1. surname Bo
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In a conversation

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The thin pancake

  1. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)张(zhāng)饼(bǐng)好(hǎo)薄(báo)啊(a)！

    This pancake is so thin!

  2. Liangliang

    对(duì)，薄(báo)得(de)像(xiàng)一张(yīzhāng)纸(zhǐ)。

    Yes, thin like a sheet of paper.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)会(huì)做(zuò)薄(báo)饼(bǐng)吗(ma)？

    Can you make thin pancakes?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)试过(shìguò)，做出来(zuòchūlái)的(de)饼(bǐng)有(yǒu)一根(yīgēn)手指(shǒuzhǐ)那么(nàme)厚(hòu)。

    I tried. My pancake was as thick as a finger.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)不是(bùshì)薄(báo)饼(bǐng)，是(shì)厚饼(hòubǐng)。

    That is not a thin pancake. That is a thick one.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)就(jiù)叫(jiào)它(tā)不薄饼(bùbáobǐng)。

    Then I will call it a "not-thin pancake".

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)张(zhāng)纸(zhǐ)很(hěn)薄(báo)，一(yì)撕(sī)就(jiù)破(pò)。

This piece of paper is very thin; it tears as soon as you pull it.

02

他(tā)的(de)收(shōu)入(rù)微(wēi)薄(bó)，难(nán)以(yǐ)维(wéi)持(chí)生(shēng)活(huó)。

His income is meager, making it hard to make ends meet.

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