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坡

pō

slope; sloping

A person pushes a red bicycle up a green slope
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Character

坡 pō

Strokes
8
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 皮 skin, hide, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 雨后这段坡很滑,骑车下去一定要减速。 Yǔ hòu zhè duàn pō hěn huá, qí chē xiàqu yídìng yào jiǎnsù. After the rain, this slope is very slippery, so you must slow down when cycling down it.
  • 我们推着自行车走上了那条长长的坡。 Wǒmen tuī zhe zìxíngchē zǒu shàng le nà tiáo chángcháng de pō. We pushed our bikes up that long slope.
  • 山坡上开满了黄色的小花,远远望去像一块地毯。 Shānpō shang kāi mǎn le huángsè de xiǎohuā, yuǎnyuǎn wàng qù xiàng yí kuài dìtǎn. The hillside was covered with little yellow flowers that looked like a carpet from afar.

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