薄

The character "薄" has 16 strokes. "薄" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "薄" has 3 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "薄" are "báo" "bó" "bò" . View the stroke order of "薄">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "薄"

adj.: thin; flimsy; infertile; poor; cold; indifferent; stingy and ungenerous; short of strength; light; weak; not rich:家底儿薄not financially solid; slight; meagre; small; unkind; ungenerous; frivolous; unstately

v.: approach; near; draw near; reduce; despise; belittle; treat shabbily

• thin : adj.薄的；细的；稀少的；稀疏的；缺乏的；尖的；稀薄的；稀的；瘦（削）的
• flimsy : adj.轻而不牢固的；脆弱的；易损坏的；又轻又薄的；无说服力的；站不住脚的
• infertile : adj.不生育的；不结果实的；贫瘠的；不肥沃的；不毛的
• poor : adj.穷的；贫穷的；贫困的；糟糕的；不理想的；差的；劣的；可怜的；值得同情的；贫乏的
• cold : adj.气温低的；冷的；寒冷的；冷淡的；缺乏热情的；不易动感情的；不再新鲜的；不再易于跟随的；已变淡的；未准备的；未经热身的；意外的；突如其来的
• indifferent : adj.不感兴趣的；冷淡的；不同情的；不关心的；不好不坏的；中等的；普通的；平庸的；一般的；相当差的
• light : n.光；了解；识破；启迪；亮部；引火物；窗；采光窗洞；杰出的人；有声望的人；显赫人物；待填空格
• weak : adj.无力的；缺少体力（精力）的；虚弱无力的；易破的；易倒塌的；易坏的；微弱的；词尾变化的；弱的；无说服力的
• slight : adj.少量的；轻微的；纤弱的；瘦小的；不结实的；不深奥的；无实质内容的；不重要的；肤浅的
• meagre : adj.不足的；质量差的；消瘦的；贫乏的
• small : adj.小型的；不起眼的；极少的；无关紧要的；不重要的；幼年的；小的；低的；首字母小写的；低微的
• unkind : adj.不仁慈的；不和蔼的；不体贴的；苛刻的
• ungenerous : adj.吝啬的；不大方的
• frivolous : adj.无严肃目的的；无意义的；无价值的；轻薄的；轻浮的
• approach : v.接近；靠近；找…商谈；找… 商量；向…接洽；着手处理；临近（未来时刻；未来事件）；临近；数量（或质量）上接近（某一数字；某种水平
• near : adv.近；在附近；不久；很快；近乎；差不多；几乎
• draw near : 靠近；临近；走进
• reduce : v.减少；降低；缩小；使…降至；使改变形式；使还原；使（脱臼；断骨）复位；简化；归纳
• despise : v.鄙视；厌恶
• belittle : v.轻视；贬低

Form words with "薄"

肉皮儿薄 be thin-skinned

薄金属板 thin sheet of metal

薄面包片 thin slice of bread

薄软绸 foulard

像纸一样薄 be paper-thin

举止佻薄 behave in a frivolous manner

待他不薄 treat him quite well

Example phrases using "薄"

• 看在我薄面上，原谅他这一次吧。

  For my sake, please forgive him this time. / Please forgive him on my account.

• 你待我不薄，我却无以回报。

  I regret not having any opportunity to reciprocate your generous kindness (to me).

• 他脸薄，不会谈论性的话题。

  He is too bashful to talk about sex.

• 她脸薄，见不得生人。

  She is shy of strangers.

• 这种纸又薄又脆。

  This kind of paper is thin and fragile.

• 她薄施粉黛。

  She wears faint cosmetics.

• 这根小管子是由扁平薄铜片做的。

  The small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze.

• 纯金可以锤成很薄的箔片。

  Pure gold can be beaten out to form very thin sheets.

• 他的肚子隆了起来，把薄衬衫撑得紧紧的。

  His stomach was swollen, straining against the thin shirt.

• 把肉切成很薄的片。

  [as adv.]slicing meats wafer-thin.