Chinese words starting with “po”
19 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable po. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial p · final o · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 4
- 4th tone 15
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 破坏pò huàiHSK 3
destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy
All 19 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 破 | pò | v,a | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 2 | 破产 | pò chǎn | v,vn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy | |
| 3 | 颇 | pō | d | rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ] | |
| 4 | 破裂 | pò liè | v,vn | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down | |
| 5 | 坡 | pō | n | slope; sloping; slanted | |
| 6 | 迫切 | pò qiè | ad,a | urgent; pressing | |
| 7 | 迫使 | pò shǐ | v | to force; to compel | |
| 8 | 泼 | pō | v | to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish | |
| 9 | 迫不及待 | pò bù jí dài | l | impatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it | |
| 10 | 破碎 | pò suì | a,v,vn | to smash to pieces; to shatter | |
| 11 | 破解 | pò jiě | v | to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software) | |
| 12 | 破案 | pò àn | v,vn | to solve a case; shabby old table | |
| 13 | 迫害 | pò hài | vn,v | to persecute | |
| 14 | 破灭 | pò miè | v | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) | |
| 15 | 破旧 | pò jiù | a | shabby | |
| 16 | 破除 | pò chú | v | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of | |
| 17 | 破例 | pò lì | v | to make an exception | |
| 18 | 魄力 | pò lì | n | courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive | |
| 19 | 泼冷水 | pō lěng shuǐ | v | to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm |
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