踣 (bó): (literary) to tumble forward; t…

Meanings

1 (literary) to tumble forward; to fall down
2 (literary) to fall dead

Characters

踣

bó

to fall down; to fall dead

Examples

报告的这一部分还需要修改。

Bàogào de zhè yí bùfen hái xūyào xiūgǎi.

This part of the report still needs revising.

Tips

history

No standalone use in modern Chinese; a literary verb for pitching forward or dropping dead, seen in old narratives. It is the foot radical 足 plus phonetic 咅.

register

Literary only; appears in classical prose, not in everyday speech.

Components

radical

足 zú

foot; leg

The foot radical on the left. It supplies the meaning, since falling over is a loss of footing, grouping the word with 跌 and 踩.

phonetic

咅 pǒu

to spit; phonetic

Fills the right side and carries the sound, drifted to bó. The same phonetic stands behind 部 and 倍; here it lends pronunciation only.

Stroke Order

踣 bó

Related Words

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to fall down; to tumble / to trip and fall

倒下 dǎoxià HSK 7-9 #4,263

to fall down / to collapse / to be struck down

崩溃 bēngkuì HSK 7-9 #2,688

to collapse; to fall apart; to break down / to have a (mental/emotional) breakdown

打倒 dǎdǎo HSK 7-9 #5,212

to overthrow / to knock down / down with

关闭 guānbì HSK 4 #2,087

to close; to shut / to shut down; to close down

爱上 àishàng #1,706

to fall in love with / to fall for

跌 diē HSK 6 #6,756

to fall; to tumble / to drop; to decline (prices, stocks)

击倒 jīdǎo #6,826

to knock down / to knock out / to strike down

垂 chuí HSK 7-9 #8,793

to hang down; to droop / to approach; on the verge of (literary)

悲剧 bēijù HSK 5 #3,184

tragedy (literary/theatrical) / tragic event; disaster