抱 (bào) means Hugs (embrace). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他总是 抱 怨天气不好。
Tā zǒngshì bàoyuàn tiānqì bù hǎo.
He is always complaining about the weather.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 抱怨
做事不能 抱 侥幸心理。
Zuòshì bù néng bào jiǎoxìng xīnlǐ.
One should not go about things trusting to luck.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侥幸
与其 抱 怨，不如想办法。
Yǔqí bàoyuàn, bùrú xiǎng bànfǎ.
Rather than complaining, think of a solution.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 抱怨
母亲拥 抱 了自己的孩子。
Mǔqīn yōngbào le zìjǐ de háizi.
The mother hugged her child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拥抱
他们见面时拥 抱 了一下。
Tāmen jiànmiàn shí yōngbào le yíxià.
They hugged when they met.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拥抱
勤劳的人从不 抱 怨辛苦。
Qínláo de rén cóng bù bàoyuàn xīnkǔ.
Hard-working people never complain of the effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勤劳
他在这里无法施展 抱 负。
Tā zài zhèlǐ wúfǎ shīzhǎn bàofù.
He cannot realise his ambitions here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 施展
小女孩 抱 着一个布娃娃。
Xiǎo nǚhái bàozhe yí ge bù wáwa.
The little girl is holding a rag doll.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 娃娃
年轻时他就有远大的 抱 负。
Niánqīng shí tā jiù yǒu yuǎndà de bàofù.
He had lofty aspirations even when he was young.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抱负
别成天 抱 怨，多做点实事。
Bié chéngtiān bàoyuàn, duō zuò diǎn shíshì.
Stop complaining all day and do something useful.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成天
光会 抱 怨的人没什么出息。
Guāng huì bàoyuàn de rén méi shénme chūxi.
Someone who can only complain will not get far.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 出息
我不是成心的，真的很 抱 歉。
Wǒ bú shì chéngxīn de, zhēn de hěn bàoqiàn.
I did not do it on purpose; I am truly sorry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成心
这个岗位很适合有 抱 负的年轻人。
Zhège gǎngwèi hěn shìhé yǒu bàofù de niánqīngrén.
This post suits ambitious young people well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抱负
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From the graded readers
她 抱 了我一下，说：“别送了，回去吧。”
tā bào le / liǎo / liào wǒ yīxià, shuō:" bié sòng le / liǎo / liào, huíqu bā."
She hugged me and said, "Don't see me off any further — go back."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
Words that contain 抱
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 抱
How is 抱 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 抱 (bào, "Hugs (embrace)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 抱 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 抱 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 抱 an HSK word?
Yes — 抱 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 抱?
The dictionary page for 抱 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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