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Stroke order
抱 is written in 8 strokes.

- 抱
Senses
- to hold
- to carry (in one's arms)
- to hug
- to embrace
- to surround
- to cherish
- (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 is pronounced bào and means “Giữ”. 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.