坡

pō

slope

CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted

earth (土) + skin (皮) = slope of the land

土 grounds the meaning in earth and terrain. 皮 (pí) lends its sound, giving 坡 the reading pō.

土+皮→坡
土EarthSemantic
皮SkinPhonetic

这条路有一段很长的坡。

zhè tiáo lù yǒu yī duàn hěn cháng de pō。

This road has a very long slope.

骑车上坡的时候要用更大的力气。

qí chē shàng pō de shí hou yào yòng gèng dà de lì qi。

When cycling up a slope, you need to use more strength.

Words with 坡

上坡

shàng pō

uphill

九龙坡区

jiǔ lóng pō qū

Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]

新加坡国立大学

xīn jiā pō guó lì dà xué

National University of Singapore

南坡

nán pō

south slope

长坂坡七进七出

cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū

famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies

那坡

nà pō

see 那坡縣|那坡县[Na4 po1 Xian4]

那坡县

nà pō xiàn

Napo, a county in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi

陡坡

dǒu pō

steep slope; steep incline

陆坡

lù pō

continental slope (boundary of continental shelf)

麻栗坡

má lì pō

Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

麻栗坡县

má lì pō xiàn

Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

上坡段

shàng pō duàn

uphill section (of a race)

More characters with 土

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