拚搏 (pīn bó) — to struggle, to fight with all one's might (variant of 拼搏)

Definition

拚搏 (pàn) is a variant of 拼搏 — both mean 'to struggle, fight with all one's might.' The example 这种拚搏精神 is the standard collocation; 拚搏 as an independent verb is rare, so learners should treat this as a form of 拼搏.

verb
to struggleto fight with all one's might (variant of 拼搏)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 拚搏。
    Tā wèi le lǐ xiǎng ér pīn bó.
    He struggled for his ideals.
  • 拚搏。
    Zhàn shì men zài qián xiàn pīn bó.
    The soldiers fought valiantly on the front line.
  • 拚搏。
    Zhè zhǒng pīn bó jīng shén zhí dé wǒ men xué xí.
    This spirit of struggle is worth learning from.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

拚pīnstrive
搏bóstruggle

拚 and 搏 both carry the sense of fighting hard, so the pairing intensifies struggling with all one's might.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
弁
弁biàn拚pàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 拚, the part 扌 is the hand radical, while 弁 gives the sound biàn.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
尃
尃fū搏bó
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

搏 puts 手 (hand) beside 尃, which gives the sound; the hand part points to actions done with the hand.

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