抱
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,395 U+62B1
How 抱 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To wrap 包 in one's arms 扌; 包 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
embrace · Heisig RSH #589
fingers + 包 wrap
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 抱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 | píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo | (lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (prover… |
| 打抱不平 | dǎ bào bù píng | (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice |
| 抱打不平 | bào dǎ bù píng | see 打抱不平[da3 bao4 bu4 ping2] |
| 抱成一团 | bào chéng yī tuán | to band together; to gang up; to stick together |
| 抱不平 | bào bù píng | to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else) |
| 公主抱 | gōng zhǔ bào | to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold |
| 临时抱佛脚 | lín shí bào fó jiǎo | (idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3] |
| 背着抱着一般重 | bēi zhe bào zhe yī bān zhòng | lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom); fi… |
| 抱头 | bào tóu | to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to hold one's head in one's hand… |
| 抱有 | bào yǒu | to have (aspirations, suspicions etc) |
| 合抱 | hé bào | to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) |
| 抱石 | bào shí | (sports) bouldering |
| 抱佛脚 | bào fó jiǎo | (fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch eff… |
| 抱病 | bào bìng | to be ill; to be in poor health |
| 抱定 | bào dìng | to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly |
| 抱死 | bào sǐ | (of a wheel during braking) to lock up |
| 抱大腿 | bào dà tuǐ | (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous |
| 环抱 | huán bào | to encircle; to surround; to embrace |
| 抱恨终天 | bào hèn zhōng tiān | (idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime |
| 抱团 | bào tuán | to band together; to team up |