玻
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see 玻璃[bo1 li5]
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 玻
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玻利尼西亚 | Polynesia | |
| 玻里尼西亚 | Polynesia (Tw) | |
| 希格斯玻色子 | Higgs boson (particle physics) | |
| 玻利维亚 | Bolivia | |
| 玻色子 | boson (particle physics) | |
| 玻意耳 | Robert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist | |
| 玻尔兹曼 | Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher | |
| 有机玻璃 | plexiglass | |
| 中空玻璃 | double glazing | |
| 盖玻片 | coverslip | |
| 载玻片 | microscope slide | |
| 玻片 | glass slide for medical sample | |
| 玻尿酸 | hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan | |
| 钢化玻璃 | reinforced glass | |
| 不碎玻璃 | shatterproof or safety glass | |
| 水玻璃 | (chemistry) water glass | |
| 玻璃市 | Perlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央[Jia1 yang1] | |
| 玻璃水 | windshield washer fluid | |
| 玻璃心 | (slang) overly sensitive; butthurt | |
| 玻璃化 | vitrification |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 皮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound part | skin, hide, fur, feathers | |
| 波 | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations | |
| 破 | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy | |
| 被 | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" | |
| 坡 | slope, hillside, embankment | |
| 彼 | that, those, the other | |
| 疲 | weak, tired, exhausted | |
| 颇 | rather, quite; partial, biased | |
| 陂 | dam, embankment; reservoir | |
| 簸 | dustpan; to winnow, to toss | |
| 跛 | lame | |
| 帔 | cape, robe, skirt | |
| 铍 | beryllium |