Chinese word dictionary

拨冗

bō rǒng · to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs

Practice word

Word information

Simplified拨冗

Traditional撥冗

Pinyinbō rǒng

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.

拨bō

to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate

冗rǒng

excessive; superfluous

How to learn 拨冗

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

拨打bōdǎ

to call; to dial

拨bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch

拨款bōkuǎn

to allocate funds; appropriation

冗长rǒngcháng

long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)

挑拨tiǎobō

to incite disharmony; to instigate