駁

简 驳 · 繁 駁
Mandarin · pinyin bó

Meanings

  1. variegated
  2. heterogeneous
  3. to refute
  4. to contradict
  5. to ship by barge
  6. a barge
  7. a lighter (ship)
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駁
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驳
bó · varicolored, variegated; mixed
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  1. (of a horse's fur) variegated
  2. mixed; heterogenous; impure
  3. to refute; to rebut
  4. to transport by barge
  5. barge; lighter
  6. suddenly
  7. (Cantonese) to connect
  8. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 駮 /驳 (bó, “a mythical beast that can eat tigers”)

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