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Meaning of 柏

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (tree) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ bái ] white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
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Pinyin: bǎi
English Definition:cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
Chinese Definition:
①常绿乔木,叶鳞片状,结球果,有“扁柏”、“侧柏”、“圆柏”、“罗汉柏”等多种。木质坚硬,纹理致密。可供建筑及制造器物之用:。
②露(柏树上的露水,据说用以洗眼,有明目的作用)。
③姓氏。

Example Words:
柏油路 bǎi yóu tarred road; asphalt road
柏树 bǎi shù cypress tree; Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4]
松柏 sōng bǎi pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb
柏油 bǎi yóu asphalt; tar; pitch
苍松翠柏 cāng sōng cuì bǎi evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
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Pinyin:
English Definition:(used for transcribing names)
Chinese Definition:
①用于外国语音译。[合]柏林;柏拉图。
Example Words:
柏林 lín Berlin, capital of Germany
张柏芝 zhāng zhī Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
都柏林 lín Dublin, capital of Ireland
柏悦 yuè Park Hyatt (hotel brand)
柏拉图 Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
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Pinyin:
English Definition:variant of
Chinese Definition:
①见“黄柏”:即黄檗。
Example Words:
柏柏尔 ěr Berber people of North Africa
黄柏 huáng variant of 黄檗
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Example Sentences
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This is her latest film.
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I thought so at the time; but you WOULD give him Cowper.
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"Who knows what we can' t make out because we' re just too far away?" Kasper says.