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博

Mandarin · pinyin bó

(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
to win; to gain
to play; to gamble
learned; well-read
(bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士 bó shì)
(bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客 bó kè)

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博: bó · gamble, play games; wide, broad

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abundant; plentiful; rich
wide; broad
to thoroughly understand; to be well versed in
to win; to court
(historical) Liubo (an ancient Chinese board game)
to gamble; to play games
(Hokkien) to try without certainty (hoping to get some benefit by chance)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) maybe; perhaps; probably
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 博覽／博览 (bólǎn, “expo”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 博客 (bókè, “blog”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 博士 (bóshì, “doctoral degree”)
a surname

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