抱 bào▶ ถือ, จับ

Stroke order

抱 is written in 8 strokes.

• 抱

Senses

1. to hold
2. to carry (in one's arms)
3. to hug
4. to embrace
5. to surround
6. to cherish
7. (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

Example sentences

• 她抱着一个孩子。Tā bào zhe yí ge háizi.She is holding a child.
• 请抱一下这些书。Qǐng bào yíxià zhèxiē shū.Please hold these books for a moment.

Related words

• 抱歉รู้สึกเสียใจ
• 抱怨บ่น, ร้องเรียน
• 拥抱โอบกอด
• 抱负ความทะเยอทะยาน

抱 is pronounced bào and means “ถือ, จับ”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 抱 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.