# 玻璃 (bōli)

In Mandarin Chinese, 玻璃 (bōli) means “glass; (slang) male homosexual”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: glass; (slang) male homosexual
- Pinyin: bōli (bo1 li5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 张、块

## Examples

- 他把窗户的玻璃擦得很干净。
  Tā bǎ chuānghu de bōli cā de hěn gānjìng.
  He wiped the window glass very clean.

## Characters

- 玻 (bō): see 玻璃
- 璃 (lí): Taiwan pr. [li4]; colored glaze

https://hanziro.com/word/bo-li-glass/

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