博取

bóqǔ

verb #24,540

Meanings

1 to win (favor, sympathy, trust)
2 to gain (approval, confidence)
3 to court (goodwill)

Characters

to win; to obtain; wide; extensive

to obtain; to take; to acquire

Examples

HSK 7-9

他用各种方式博取上司的信任。

Tā yòng gèzhǒng fāngshì bóqǔ shàngsī de xìnrèn.

He used every means possible to win his boss's trust.

HSK 7-9

这则广告是为了博取消费者的同情心。

Zhè zé guǎnggào shì wèile bóqǔ xiāofèizhě de tóngqíngxīn.

This advertisement is designed to court consumer sympathy.

Tips

usage

博取 often carries a slightly manipulative or calculated connotation - the effort to win something (trust, sympathy, applause) is strategic rather than natural. Compare with 赢得, which is more neutral.

Stroke Order

博 bó

取 qǔ