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泼 pō

to splash (throw liquid)

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 4
Radical
氵
Traditional
潑
Type
Ideograph
Made of 氵发 ⿰氵发

Memory hint: To send forth 发 water 氵

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  1. 这个孩子很活泼。
    Zhège háizi hěn huópo.
    This child is very lively.
    this child very lively
  2. 她是不是比以前活泼多了？
    Tā shì bu shì bǐ yǐqián huópo duō le?
    Isn't she much more lively than before?
    she is not is compare before lively much (particle)
  3. 别把水泼在地上。
    Bié bǎ shuǐ pō zài dì shang.
    Don't splash water on the ground.
    don't (object-marker) water splash at ground on
  4. 他小时候一点儿也不活泼。
    Tā xiǎoshíhou yìdiǎnr yě bù huópo.
    He wasn't lively at all when he was young.
    he childhood a-little also not lively
  5. 上课的时候，她突然把水泼到了桌子上。
    Shàngkè de shíhou, tā tūrán bǎ shuǐ pō dào le zhuōzi shang.
    During class, she suddenly spilled water on the desk.
    attend-class (possessive) time, she suddenly (object-marker) water splash to (particle) table on

Words with 泼 (2)