咆 (páo): to roar

Meanings

1 to roar
2 to bellow

Characters

咆

páo

to roar

Examples

HSK 7-9

老虎在森林深处咆哮。

Lǎohǔ zài sēnlín shēnchù páoxiào.

The tiger roared deep in the forest.

HSK 7-9

他对下属愤怒地咆哮。

Tā duì xiàshǔ fènnù de páoxiào.

He roared furiously at his subordinates.

Tips

usage

Mostly used in 咆哮 (to roar). Originally the roar of wild beasts; by extension it describes a person shouting in rage or a river/storm raging loudly.

Components

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

Left 口 (mouth), the indexing radical. It marks this as a sound made with the mouth - fitting for a roar or bellow.

phonetic

包 bāo

to wrap; phonetic

Right 包 supplies the sound (bāo drifting to páo). The same phonetic appears in 炮 (cannon), 跑 (to run) and 泡 (bubble).

Stroke Order

咆 páo

Related Words

咆哮 páoxiào #9,746

to roar; to howl / to rage; to thunder (of water, wind, etc.)

哄 hōng HSK 7-9 #5,418

roar of laughter; hubbub; uproar (onomatopoeic) / to roar (as a crowd); (of many people) to act all at once

大喝一声 dàhèyīshēng

to give a loud shout / to let out a roar / to bellow

吼 hǒu HSK 7-9 #3,409

to roar / to howl / to yell

号 háo #297

to roar / to cry loudly; to wail / to howl (of wind or animals)

啸 xiào #71,068

to whistle (with the mouth) / to howl; to roar (of wind or animals)

莫听穿林打叶声 mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng

pay no heed to the sound of rain piercing the forest and beating the leaves / (fig.) let external troubles roar - keep walking, unperturbed / (lit.) do not listen to the piercing-forest beating-leaves sound

蛟龙吼 jiāolónghǒu

a flood-dragon's roar (fig.) / a resounding, stirring cry or chant / a mighty, reverberating voice

一牛鸣 yīniúmíng

a single ox's bellow / a short distance, as far as a cow's moo can be heard / just a stone's throw away

咤 zhà

(in 叱咤) to shout angrily / to bellow