抱
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
bào bao4
- to hold
- to carry (in one's arms)
- to hug
- to embrace
- to surround
- to cherish
- (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
Example sentences
- Why do women want to sleep in a man's embrace?
HSK words with 抱
More words with 抱
- 抱头 bàotóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced
- 抱有 bàoyǒu to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
- 合抱 hébào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
- 抱石 bàoshí (sports) bouldering
- 抱病 bàobìng to be ill; to be in poor health
- 抱定 bàodìng to hold on firmly
- 环抱 huánbào to encircle