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玻璃

bōli
HSK 3.0 · Level 5HSK 2.0 · Level 5

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

  1. glass
  2. (slang) male homosexual

Measure word: 张、块

Stroke order

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