| 薄 | bó | meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near; surname Bo |
| 薄 | báo | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile |
| 薄 | bò | see 薄荷 |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film; CL:层 |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 薄片 | báo piàn | thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] |
| 薄板 | báo bǎn | metal sheet; lamina |
| 薄荷 | bò he | field mint; peppermint |
| 薄雾 | bó wù | mist; haze |
| 薄利 | bó lì | small profits |
| 薄一波 | Bó Yī bō | Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping |
| 薄利多销 | bó lì duō xiāo | small profit but rapid turnover |
| 薄厚 | bó hòu | meanness and generosity; intimacy and alienation |
| 薄命 | bó mìng | to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky |
| 薄地 | bó dì | barren land; poor soil |
| 薄层 | báo céng | thin layer; thin slice; film; lamina; lamella |
| 薄幸 | bó xìng | fickle; inconstant person |
| 薄待 | bó dài | mean treatment; indifference; meager hospitality |
| 薄情 | bó qíng | inconstant in love; fickle |
| 薄技 | bó jì | meager skill; my poor talents (humble) |
| 薄明 | bó míng | dim light; early dawn |
| 薄暗 | bó àn | at dusk; evening |
| 薄暮 | bó mù | dusk; twilight |
| 薄晓 | bó xiǎo | at dawn |
| 薄油层 | bó yóu céng | oil sheet |
| 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 |
