泼 (pō) means Splash (dampen - spill - sprinkle). Below are 4 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
别给大家 泼 冷水。
Bié gěi dàjiā pō lěngshuǐ.
Don't throw cold water on everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泼
他不小心把水 泼 到了地上。
Tā bù xiǎoxīn bǎ shuǐ pō dào le dì shang.
He accidentally spilled water on the floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泼
她性格活 泼 ，朋友也多。
Tā xìnggé huópo, péngyou yě duō.
She has a lively character and many friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 活泼
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Words that contain 泼
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 泼
How is 泼 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 泼 (pō, "Splash (dampen - spill - sprinkle)"), 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 泼 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 泼 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 泼 an HSK word?
Yes — 泼 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 泼?
The dictionary page for 泼 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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