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Meaning of 抱

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Pinyin: bào
English Definition: to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish
Chinese Definition:
①用手臂围住:拥抱。抱小孩儿。合抱。抱残守缺(形容保守,不知进取)。
②围绕,环绕:山环水抱。抱厦(房屋前面加出来的门廊,亦指后面毗连的小房子)。
③胸怀愿望,志向:抱负。
④心里存着,怀有:抱怨。抱恨。抱歉。抱憾。抱病。
⑤密合:衣服抱身儿。
⑥把他人的子女收养为自己的子女:抱养。
⑦量词:表示两臂合围的量:一抱草。
⑧孵:抱窝。抱小鸡。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Ideographic: To wrap in one's arms ; also provides the pronunciation
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Example Words
抱怨 bào yuàn to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
拥抱 yōng bào to embrace; to hug
怀抱 huái bào to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
抱歉 bào qiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
抱负 bào aspiration; ambition
More: 抱* | *抱 | *抱*
Example Sentences
1
His daughter is adopted.
2
I have only one request. Please take me to his bed. I want to stay with him.
3
She was nine years older than me but she liked to play with me and hold me when I was little.
4
"Can I hold him?" she asked.
5
Wilt thou have thy child again, or shall I go with it there, where thou dost not know!