颇

頗

pō

adverb HSK 7 #7,131

Meanings

1 quite
2 rather
3 considerably

Characters

Examples

这部电影颇受欢迎。

Zhè bù diànyǐng pō shòu huānyíng.

This movie is quite popular.

他对中国文化颇有研究。

Tā duì Zhōngguó wénhuà pō yǒu yánjiū.

He has done considerable research on Chinese culture.

Tips

register

颇 is literary and formal. In everyday speech, 挺 or 很 are more common. Use 颇 in writing or formal contexts to sound more refined.

grammar

Often appears in set patterns: 颇有 (quite has), 颇为 (rather/quite), 颇受 (quite receives).

Stroke Order

颇 pō