柏
Bǎibǎibóbò HSK7

cypress

柏 Bǎi frequency
Bai proper name
a Chinese surname

柏先生是我的老师。

Bǎi xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Bai is my teacher.

柏 bǎi
cypress noun
evergreen coniferous trees such as the cypress or cedar

公园的小路两旁栽满了郁郁葱葱的柏树。

gōng​yuán de xiǎo​lù liǎng páng zāi mǎn le yù​yù​cōng​cōng de bǎi​shù.

The paths in the park are lined on both sides with lush cypress trees.

柏 bó
transcription place name
(used for transcribing names)

柏拉图的思想对西方哲学产生了深远的影响。

Bó​lā​tú de sī​xiǎng duì Xī​fāng zhé​xué chǎn​shēng le shēn​yuǎn de yǐng​xiǎng.

Plato's ideas have had a profound influence on Western philosophy.

柏 bò
cork tree noun
used in the name of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense), specifically its medicinal bark

黄柏具有清热燥湿的功效。

huáng​bó jù​yǒu qīng​rè zào​shī de gōng​xiào.

Phellodendron bark has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,596th most common 61.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,768th most common 28.7 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.06 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
5.80 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+67CF

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