坡 (bo1 po1 | po1) : slope, hillside

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坡

bo1 po1

po1

[1] slope; hillside
[2] sloping; slanting

Jyutping bo1 is the commonly-used pronunciation; the colloquial reading po1 is used only for some placenames.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

坡

This word has been viewed 6507 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Sep 2009 04:32

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山坡 saan1 bo1 shan1 po1 = hillside

新加坡 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 xin1 jia1 po1 = Singapore

新加坡共和國 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 gung6 wo4 gwok3 xin1 jia1 po1 gong4 he2 guo2 = the Republic of Singapore

斜坡 ce3 bo1; ce4 bo1 xie2 po1 = slope

坡圓 bo1 jyun4 = Singapore dollar

走下坡 zau2 haa6 bo1 zou3 xia4 po1 = go downhill

坡度 bo1 dou6 po1 du4 = [math.] slope

坡幣 bo1 bai6 = Singapore Dollars

星加坡人 sing1 gaa3 bo1 jan4 = a person from Singapore

吉隆坡 gat1 lung4 bo1 ji2 long2 po1 = Kuala Lumpur

星加坡 sing1 gaa3 bo1 xing1 jia1 po1 = Singapore

新加坡人 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 jan4 xin1 jia1 po1 ren2 = Singaporean person

新加坡航空 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 hong4 hung1 = Singapore Airlines

新加坡國立大學 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 gwok3 laap6 daai6 hok6 xin1 jia1 po1 guo2 li4 da4 xue2 = National University of Singapore

東坡 dung1 bo1 dong1 po1 = Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan

新加坡海峽時報指數 san1 gaa1*3 bo1 hoi2 haap6 si4 bou3 zi2 sou3 = Singapore Straits Times Index

東坡肉 dung1 bo1 juk6 dong1 po1 rou4 = Dongpo pork

Showing 1 example containing 坡

香港同新加坡人都見慣高樓大厦粵
People of Hong Kong and Singapore are used to seeing high rise buildings.

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Decimal representation of this word: 坡
Unicode code for this character: U+5761 (off-site link)

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