玻

玻 bō in a sentence

Glass

Full dictionary entry 6 sentences

玻 (bō) means Glass. Below are 6 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

小心地上的碎 玻 璃。

Xiǎoxīn dì shàng de suì bōli.

Watch out for the broken glass on the floor.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 碎

小心, 玻 璃很容易碎。

Xiǎoxīn, bōli hěn róngyì suì.

Be careful, glass breaks easily.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 玻璃

这扇窗户的 玻 璃很干净。

Zhè shàn chuānghu de bōli hěn gānjìng.

The glass in this window is very clean.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 玻璃

厨房里放着几个 玻 璃罐。

Chúfáng lǐ fàngzhe jǐ ge bōli guàn.

Several glass jars stand in the kitchen.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 罐

玻 璃杯掉在地上,粉碎了。

Bōli bēi diào zài dì shang, fěnsuì le.

The glass fell to the floor and shattered.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粉碎

那声爆炸把整条街的 玻 璃都震碎了。

Nà shēng bàozhà bǎ zhěng tiáo jiē de bōli dōu zhèn suì le.

The explosion shattered the glass along the entire street.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爆炸

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Words that contain 玻

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Questions about 玻

How is 玻 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 玻 (bō, "Glass"), 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 玻 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 玻 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 玻?

The dictionary page for 玻 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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