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颇

pō · po/Pō · po

Traditional 頗

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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pō 頗

  1. rather
  2. quite
  3. considerably
  4. oblique
  5. inclined
  6. slanting
  7. Taiwan pr. [pǒ]

Pō 頗

  1. surname Po
  2. Taiwan pr. [Pǒ]
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A quite big park

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)公园(gōngyuán)颇(pō)大(dà)，我们(wǒmen)走(zǒu)一圈(yīquān)吧(ba)？

    This park is quite big. Shall we walk a loop?

  2. Dengdeng

    好啊(hǎoa)，我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)这里(zhèlǐ)颇(pō)有意思(yǒuyìsi)。

    Sure. I think this place is quite interesting.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那边(nàbian)的(de)人(rén)颇(pō)多(duō)，他们(tāmen)在(zài)干什么(gànshénme)？

    Look, there are quite a lot of people over there. What are they doing?

  4. Dengdeng

    他们(tāmen)在(zài)跳舞(tiàowǔ)，跳(tiào)得(de)颇(pō)好(hǎo)！

    They are dancing, and quite well too!

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)也(yě)去(qù)跳(tiào)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)颇(pō)有(yǒu)信心(xìnxīn)！

    Let us dance too! I am quite confident.

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)上次(shàngcì)跳舞(tiàowǔ)踩(cǎi)了(le)我(wǒ)三(sān)脚(jiǎo)。

    Last time you danced, you stepped on my foot three times.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)家(jiā)报(bào)社(shè)在(zài)当(dāng)地(dì)知(zhī)名(míng)度(dù)颇(pō)高(gāo)。

This newspaper is well known in the local area.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by pig8322 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

有(yǒu)关(guān)癌(ái)症(zhèng)成(chéng)因(yīn)的(de)研(yán)究(jiū)耗(hào)费(fèi)颇(pō)巨(jù)。

Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.

Tatoeba: Chinese by tsayng · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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