| 薄海 | bó hǎi | vast area; all the way to the sea |
| 薄烤饼 | bó kǎo bǐng | pancake |
| 薄熙来 | Bó Xī lái | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, Minister of Commerce from 2004, Politburo member from 2007 |
| 薄瑞光 | Bó Ruì guāng | Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 |
| 薄产 | bó chǎn | meager estate; small means |
| 薄田 | bó tián | barren field; poor land |
| 薄礼 | bó lǐ | my meager gift (humble) |
| 薄纱 | báo shā | gauze (cloth) |
| 薄纸 | báo zhǐ | tissue; kleenex |
| 薄胎瓷器 | bó tāi cí qì | eggshell china |
| 薄脆 | báo cuì | crispy thin (cooking style) |
| 薄荷油 | bò he yóu | peppermint oil |
| 薄透镜 | báo tòu jìng | thin lens (i.e. of negligible thickness in optics) |
| 薄酒 | báo jiǔ | dilute wine; insipid wine; I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor. (humble) |
| 薄酬 | bó chóu | small reward (for work); meager remuneration |
| 薄面 | bó miàn | my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble) |
| 薄饼 | báo bǐng | thin flat cake; pancake; pizza |
| 薄养厚葬 | bó yǎng hòu zàng | to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly |
| 蚕薄 | cán bó | variant of 蚕箔 |
| 衣单食薄 | yī dān shí bó | thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty; destitute |
| 贫嘴薄舌 | pín zuǐ bó shé | garrulous and sharp-tongued |
| 轻口薄舌 | qīng kǒu bó shé | lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued |
| 轻嘴薄舌 | qīng zuǐ bó shé | lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued |
| 轻浪浮薄 | qīng làng fú bó | (idiom) frivolous |
| 鄙薄 | bǐ bó | to despise; to scorn |
| 金属薄片 | jīn shǔ báo piàn | foil; Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4] |
| 香薄荷 | xiāng bò he | savory (herb) |
