博
bó HSK5

plentiful, gamble

博 bó
blog noun
abbreviation for a blog or microblog (博客 bó​kè)

他今天发了一篇博，详细记录了这次旅行。

tā jīn​tiān fā le yī piān bó, xiáng​xì jì​lù le zhè cì lǚ​xíng.

He posted a blog entry today, documenting the trip in detail.

doctorate noun
abbreviation for a doctoral degree (博士 bó​shì)

他在读博期间发表了多篇高质量论文。

tā zài dú bó qī​jiān fā​biǎo le duō piān gāo​zhì​liàng lùn​wén.

He published several high-quality papers during his doctoral studies.

extensive adjective
abundant, plentiful, extensive, or wide

中国是一个地大物博的国家。

Zhōng​guó shì yī gè dì dà wù bó de guó​jiā.

China is a vast country with abundant resources.

gain verb
to win or gain something

他拼命讲笑话，只为博她一笑。

tā pīn​mìng jiǎng xiào​hua, zhǐ wèi bó tā yī xiào.

He tried desperately to tell jokes just to win a smile from her.

gamble verb
to play games of chance or gamble

既然没有退路，我们只能去博一把了。

jì​rán méi​yǒu tuì​lù, wǒ​men zhǐ​néng qù bó yī bǎ le.

Since there is no way back, we can only take a gamble.

learned adjective
well-read and knowledgeable

这位老教授知识渊博，令人敬佩。

zhè wèi lǎo jiào​shòu zhī​shi yuān bó, lìng​rén jìng​pèi.

This old professor is very knowledgeable and admirable.

Frequency
Character
Written text
965th most common 172.4 per million
Movie subtitles
686th most common 192.8 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.7 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
410.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+535A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)