博 (bok3 | bo2) : abundant; extensive; knowledgeable

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博

bok3

bo2

[1] abundant; plentiful; ample
[2] extensive; wide; vast
[3] knowledgeable; well-informed; erudite
[4] win; gain (a favour); barter for
[5] play (chess); gamble

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 十 (#24)

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

博

Don't confuse with:
傳傅

This word has been viewed 8932 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Oct 2010 04:44

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博物 bok3 mat6 bo2 wu4 = natural science

博物館 bok3 mat6 gun2 bo2 wu4 guan3 = museum

博士 bok3 si6 bo2 shi4 = Ph.D.; doctorate

賭博 dou2 bok3 du3 bo2 = to gamble; gambling

博物舘 bok3 mat6 gun2 bo2 wu4 guan3 = museum

博彩 bok3 coi2 = gamble

哲學博士 zit3 hok6 bok3 si6 = a doctor of philosophy

博客 bok3 haak3 bo2 ke4 = blog

博學的 bok3 hok6 dik1 bo2 xue2 de5 = well-read 國

博物館學 bok3 mat6 gun2 hok6 bo2 wu4 guan3 xue2 = museology
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 67 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 博

國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 博
Unicode code for this character: U+535a (off-site link)

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