| 薄 | 248A45 20A.00-6 | 部居  | 畫數 17 | ㄅㄛˊ [bo2] (coll. *ㄅㄠˊ [bao2] ). [Dist,簿 92A.00] | ||
| N. | (1) (AC) reed screen. (2) (AC) thicket. (3) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | (LL) To slight (person); to rebuke (conduct), see 薄待 [bo2dai4]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) (*[bao2]) Thin (paper, soup): 薄鬆鬆 very thin; 薄怯怯 (of clothing) very thin, inadequate in clod. (2) Weak, poor, mean, stingy: 薄言（輕言）light-tongued, given to gossip; 薄弱 [bo2ruo4]↓, ??[bo2xing4]1↓; 薄田，薄土 stingy, unproductive soil; 薄命 poor, unlucky life; 薄俗，風俗鄙薄 stingy, selfish character of a locality; 淺薄 superficial, 浮薄 ditto; 待遇不薄 remuneration is not bad, is fair; 輕薄 v.t., behave in ungentlemanly manner to ladies; adj., coarse, vulgar (behavior). (3) (Court.) my little, my humble: 薄物 my humble gifts; 薄技 small skill; 薄宦 small post. (4) (AC) broad: 薄海＝普海 all seas, the world over. | |||||
| Adv. | (Court.) slightly: 薄具禮物, offer slight or humbly offer, gifts; 薄有研究 (modest) have made a little study. | |||||
| Conj. | (AC, rare, with undetermined meaning, perhaps similar to) just, and so: 薄伐玁狁 and invade the Huns; 薄澣我衣 will just wash my clothes; 薄言采之 and we picked them. | |||||
| Words | 1. 薄餅 *[bao2bing3], n., varieties of rolls containing various stuffing; a form of egg roll. 2. 薄薄 [bo2bo2], adj., (1) thin, dilute (of wine); (2) (AC) very broad (of land). 3. 薄曲 [bo2qU3], n., (AC) frame for keeping silkworms. 4. 薄待 [bo2dai4], v.t., to slight, ill-treat (person), be cold toward (person). 5. 薄夫 [bo2fu1], n., (AC) mean person. 6. 薄荷 *[bo2ho0], n., mint; 薄荷油 menthol. 7. 薄遽 [bo2jU4], adv., (AC) suddenly. 8. 薄陋 [bo2lou4], adj., uncouth, common, paltry. 9. 薄落 [bo2luo4], adj., (MC) in poor circumstances (of person). 10. 薄暮 [bo2mu4], n., sundown. 11. 薄媚 [bo2mei4], adj., with simple charm (of ladies); n., (MC) name of song. 12. 薄呢 [bo2ni2], n., light serge. 13. 薄片 [bo2pian4], n., thin slice. 14. 薄弱 [bo2ruo4], adj., weak in strength. 15. 薄曉 [bo2xiao3], n., (AC) daybreak＝破曉. 16. 薄相 [bo2xiang4], adj., (MC) playful, capricious (fate); cogn. of modn. Soochow 白相 to play about in city. 17. 薄行 [bo2xing4]1, n., unruly, unfaithful, rash conduct. 18. 薄倖 [bo2xing4]2, adj., fickle, esp. 薄倖郎 fickle (man) lover. | |||||