薄

• 拼音: báo
• 汉字拆解: 薄 = 艹 (grass radical) + 溥 (phonetic component), indicating thinness

含义

Thin; not thick. Describes something with little depth or thickness.

Used for physical thinness of objects like paper, fabric, ice, or walls. Pronounced báo in spoken Chinese for this meaning. Also has a reading bó in more literary contexts meaning 'slight' or 'weak' (as in 薄弱). In everyday speech, báo is the standard pronunciation for 'thin.'

例句

1. 冬天穿得太薄容易感冒。
2. 这张纸太薄了，写字的时候墨水会透过去。
3. 湖面上结了一层很薄的冰。

用法指南

语境: description, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 夏天穿薄一点比较凉快。(Wearing thinner clothes in summer is cooler.)
• 这本书很薄，一个小时就能看完。(This book is very thin — you can finish it in an hour.)

错误说法

• 说'她的脸皮很薄'来夸奖别人 (Be careful with 脸皮薄 — it means 'thin-skinned/shy,' which can be a weakness rather than a compliment)

起源与历史

Composed of 艹 (grass radical) and a phonetic component. Originally related to thin grasses or reeds, the meaning extended to describe anything thin.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal