箔 (bó) — (bound form) foil; metal leaf; (bound form) bamboo tray for rearing silkworms; (bound form) door curtain or screen made of reeds or sorghum stalks
Definition
箔 (bó) is a bound form rarely used alone — it usually appears as a second element in compounds like 金箔 (gold leaf) or 蚕箔 (silkworm tray). The meaning 'foil/metal leaf' (金箔, 银箔) is by far the most common in modern use.
bound form
(bound form) foilmetal leaf(bound form) bamboo tray for rearing silkworms(bound form) door curtain or screen made of reeds or sorghum stalks
Examples
- 。Zhè zhāng jīn bó hěn piào liang.This piece of gold leaf is beautiful.
- 箔。Wǒ yé ye yòng zhú zi zuò le yí gè cán bó.My grandpa made a silkworm tray out of bamboo.
- 箔。Qīng míng jié tā men shāo le hěn duō jīn bó hé yín bó.During Qingming Festival, they burned a lot of gold and silver foil.
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