泼
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to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
splash · Heisig RSH #2698
水 water + courier
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 泼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泼出去的水 | spilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk | |
| 泼水难收 | water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change | |
| 泼水节 | Songkran (Thai New Year) | |
| 油泼面 | see 油潑扯麵|油泼扯面[you2 po1 che3 mian4] | |
| 泼烟花 | low-class prostitute | |
| 泼冷水 | to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm | |
| 油泼扯面 | broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝面[biang2 biang2 mi… | |
| 泼水 | to splash water | |
| 泼天 | enormous; immense; overwhelming | |
| 泼物 | evil creature (curse word) | |
| 风泼 | crazy | |
| 泼皮 | ruffian; hooligan | |
| 活泼 | lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive | |
| 泼脏水 | (fig.) to sling mud at; to smear; to slander | |
| 瓢泼而下 | (of rain) to fall heavily | |
| 瓢泼大雨 | downpour (idiom) | |
| 泼贱人 | slut; tramp (old) | |
| 泼妇骂街 | shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife | |
| 撒泼 | to make an unreasonable scene | |
| 泼妇 | shrew; vixen |