超薄 (chāo báo) — ultra-thin, super-thin

Definition

adjective
ultra-thinsuper-thin

Examples

  • 超薄。
    Zhè kuǎn chāo báo bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo fēi cháng qīng biàn.
    This ultra-thin laptop is very lightweight.
  • 超薄，。
    Tā mǎi le yí bù chāo báo shǒu jī, fàng zài kǒu dài lǐ jī hū gǎn jué bú dào.
    He bought an ultra-thin phone, and it's almost unnoticeable in his pocket.
  • 超薄。
    Zhè zhǒng chāo báo cái liào kě yǐ yòng lái zhì zào gèng qīng de fēi jī.
    This ultra-thin material can be used to make lighter airplanes.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

超chāoultra
薄báothin

超 'ultra' and 薄 'thin' mean ultra-thin.

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
走走zǒurun
Sound part声符shēngfú
召
召zhào超chāo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

超 pairs 走, meaning “run,” with 召, which gives the sound.

Open 超 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
溥
溥pǔ薄báo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

薄 combines 艹, a grass part, with 溥 as the sound part.

Open 薄 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.