薄 薄 bao2
thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile

薄 薄 bo2
surname Bo

薄 薄 bo2
meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near

薄 薄 bo4
see 薄荷

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薄板 薄板 bao2 ban3
thin plate; sheet; lamina; Taiwan pr.

薄饼 薄餅 bao2 bing3
thin flat cake; pancake; pizza

薄层 薄層 bao2 ceng2
thin layer; thin slice; film; lamina; lamella

薄绸 薄綢 bao2 chou2
light silk; silk chiffon

薄脆 薄脆 bao2 cui4
crispy thin (cooking style)

薄片 薄片 bao2 pian4
thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr.

薄纱 薄紗 bao2 sha1
gauze (cloth)

薄透镜 薄透鏡 bao2 tou4 jing4
thin lens (i.e. of negligible thickness in optics)

薄纸 薄紙 bao2 zhi3
tissue; kleenex

鄙薄 鄙薄 bi3 bo2
to despise; to scorn

薄暗 薄暗 bo2 an4
at dusk; evening

薄产 薄產 bo2 chan3
meager estate; small means

薄酬 薄酬 bo2 chou2
small reward (for work); meager remuneration

薄待 薄待 bo2 dai4
mean treatment; indifference; meager hospitality

薄地 薄地 bo2 di4
barren land; poor soil

薄海 薄海 bo2 hai3
vast area; all the way to the sea

薄厚 薄厚 bo2 hou4
meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation

薄技 薄技 bo2 ji4
meager skill; my poor talents (humble)

薄伽丘 薄伽丘 bo2 jia1 qiu1
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈

薄酒 薄酒 bo2 jiu3
dilute wine; insipid wine; I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor (humble)

薄烤饼 薄烤餅 bo2 kao3 bing3
pancake

薄礼 薄禮 bo2 li3
my meager gift (humble)

薄利 薄利 bo2 li4
small profits

薄利多销 薄利多銷 bo2 li4 duo1 xiao1
small profit but rapid turnover

薄面 薄面 bo2 mian4
my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)

薄明 薄明 bo2 ming2
dim light; early dawn

薄命 薄命 bo2 ming4
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky

薄膜 薄膜 bo2 mo2
membrane; film

薄暮 薄暮 bo2 mu4
dusk; twilight

薄情 薄情 bo2 qing2
inconstant in love; fickle

薄瑞光 薄瑞光 bo2 rui4 guang1
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006

薄弱 薄弱 bo2 ruo4
weak; frail

薄弱环节 薄弱環節 bo2 ruo4 huan2 jie2
weak link; loophole

薄胎瓷器 薄胎瓷器 bo2 tai1 ci2 qi4
eggshell china

薄田 薄田 bo2 tian2
barren field; poor land

薄雾 薄霧 bo2 wu4
mist; haze

薄熙来 薄熙來 bo2 xi1 lai2
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, Minister of Commerce from 2004, Politburo member from 2007

薄晓 薄曉 bo2 xiao3
at dawn

薄幸 薄幸 bo2 xing4
fickle; inconstant person

薄养厚葬 薄養厚葬 bo2 yang3 hou4 zang4
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly

薄一波 薄一波 bo2 yi1 bo1
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping

薄油层 薄油層 bo2 you2 ceng2
oil sheet

薄荷 薄荷 bo4 he5
field mint; peppermint

薄荷油 薄荷油 bo4 he5 you2
peppermint oil

蚕薄 蠶薄 can2 bo2
variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔

打薄剪刀 打薄剪刀 da3 bao2 jian3 dao1
thinning scissors

单薄 單薄 dan1 bo2
weak; frail; thin; flimsy

淡薄 淡薄 dan4 bo2
thin; light; flagging; faint

德薄能鲜 德薄能鮮 de2 bo2 neng2 xian3
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)

菲薄 菲薄 fei3 bo2
humble; meager; thin; to despise

浮薄 浮薄 fu2 bo2
frivolous; philandering

红颜薄命 紅顏薄命 hong2 yan2 bo2 ming4
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

厚薄 厚薄 hou4 bao2
thickness; also pr.

厚薄 厚薄 hou4 bo2
to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼)

厚此薄彼 厚此薄彼 hou4 ci3 bo2 bi3
to favour one and discriminate against the other

厚古薄今 厚古薄今 hou4 gu3 bo2 jin1
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

厚积薄发 厚積薄發 hou4 ji1 bo2 fa1
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom); good preparation is the key to success; to be well prepared

厚死薄生 厚死薄生 hou4 si3 bo2 sheng1
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom)

厚养薄葬 厚養薄葬 hou4 yang3 bo2 zang4
generous care but a thrifty funeral; to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral

胡椒薄荷 胡椒薄荷 hu2 jiao1 bo4 he5
peppermint

瘠薄 瘠薄 ji2 bo2
(of land) infertile; barren

尖酸刻薄 尖酸刻薄 jian1 suan1 ke4 bo2
sharp and unkind (words)

俭薄 儉薄 jian3 bo2
to lack the necessities of life

金属薄片 金屬薄片 jin1 shu3 bao2 pian4
foil; Taiwan pr.

刻薄 刻薄 ke4 bo2
unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions

刻薄寡恩 刻薄寡恩 ke4 bo2 gua3 en1
harsh and merciless (idiom)

脸薄 臉薄 lian3 bao2
bashful; shy

脸皮薄 臉皮薄 lian3 pi2 bao2
thin-skinned; sensitive

绵薄 綿薄 mian2 bo2
my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)

命薄 命薄 ming4 bo2
to be unlucky

喷薄 噴薄 pen1 bo2
to gush; to squirt; to surge; to well out; to overflow

喷薄欲出 噴薄欲出 pen1 bo2 yu4 chu1
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom); (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance

贫嘴薄舌 貧嘴薄舌 pin2 zui3 bo2 she2
garrulous and sharp-tongued

浅薄 淺薄 qian3 bo2
superficial

轻薄 輕薄 qing1 bo2
light (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful

轻口薄舌 輕口薄舌 qing1 kou3 bo2 she2
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued

轻浪浮薄 輕浪浮薄 qing1 lang4 fu2 bo2
(idiom) frivolous

轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qing1 zui3 bo2 she2
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued

穷家薄业 窮家薄業 qiong2 jia1 bo2 ye4
poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); destitute

日薄崦嵫 日薄崦嵫 ri4 bo2 yan1 zi1
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom); fig. the day is drawing to an end; the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)

如履薄冰 如履薄冰 ru2 lv3 bo2 bing1
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom); fig. to be extremely cautious; to be skating on thin ice

摊薄 攤薄 tan1 bo2
dilution

摊薄后每股盈利 攤薄後每股盈利 tan1 bo2 hou4 mei3 gu3 ying2 li4
diluted earnings per share

妄自菲薄 妄自菲薄 wang4 zi4 fei3 bo2
to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself

微薄 微薄 wei1 bo2
scanty; meager

稀薄 稀薄 xi1 bo2
thin; rarefied

香薄荷 香薄荷 xiang1 bo4 he5
savory (herb)

厌薄 厭薄 yan4 bo2
to despise; to look down upon sth

衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yi1 dan1 shi2 bo2
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty; destitute