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泼

pō

to splash; to pour

A person splashing water from a bucket
Memory picture

Character

泼 pō

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 发 to issue, to dispatch, to send out
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 别泼水。 Bié pō shuǐ. Do not splash water.
  • 他泼了茶。 Tā pō le chá. He spilled the tea.
  • 孩子在泼水。 Háizi zài pō shuǐ. The child is splashing water.

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