抱
bào HSK4

embrace

抱 bào
hug verb
to hold or carry in one's arms; to embrace

她紧紧地抱着她的孩子。

tā jǐn​jǐn de bào zhe tā de hái​zi.

She held her child tightly.

cherish verb
to cherish, harbor, or maintain (an idea, feeling, or ambition)

我们不应该对他抱有偏见。

wǒ​men bù yīng​gāi duì tā bào yǒu piān​jiàn.

We should not hold any prejudice against him.

surround verb
to encircle or surround

这棵大树需要三个人才能合抱。

zhè kē dà​shù xū​yào sān gè rén cái néng hé bào.

It takes three people to encircle this large tree with their arms.

fit verb
(colloquial) of clothing, to fit the body closely or nicely

这件旗袍很抱身。

zhè jiàn qí​páo hěn bào​shēn.

This cheongsam is very form-fitting.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,122nd most common 129.6 per million
Movie subtitles
289th most common 572.2 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
66.7 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
109.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62B1

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