Chinese word dictionary

剥落

bō luò · to peel off

Practice word

Word information

Simplified剥落

Traditional剝落

Pinyinbō luò

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

剥bō

to peel, to skin; to exploit

落luò

to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

How to learn 剥落

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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降落jiàngluò

to descend; to land

落luò

to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

角落jiǎoluò

corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook

落地luòdì

to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land

落后luòhòu

to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

剥bāo

to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck