泼 pō▶ to splash, spill

HSK 6HSK 3.0 · Level 5

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HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 泼 is in band 5. HSK 6 explained

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中泼。

It means to splash or spill. At the pool, a child scoops up a bucket of water and flings it at a friend, who shrieks and laughs. Come and say it with me.

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Stroke order

泼 is written in 8 strokes.

• 泼

Senses

1. to splash
2. to spill
3. rough and coarse
4. brutish

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泼 is pronounced pō and means “to splash, spill”.