| 博 | bó | extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D. |
| 博物馆 | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 博得 | bó dé | to win; to gain |
| 博学 | bó xué | learned; erudite |
| 博爱 | bó ài | universal fraternity (or brotherhood); universal love; Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan |
| 博览会 | bó lǎn huì | exposition; international fair |
| 博茨瓦纳 | Bó cí wǎ nà | Botswana |
| 渊博 | yuān bó | erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable |
| 赌博 | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 博物 | bó wù | natural science |
| 地大物博 | dì dà wù bó | a place of abundant resources (idiom) |
| 广博 | guǎng bó | extensive |
| 马拉博 | Mǎ lā bó | Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea |
| 三位博士 | sān wèi bó shì | the Magi; the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story |
| 世博 | Shì bó | abbr. for 世界博览会, World Expo |
| 世博会 | Shì bó huì | World Exposition |
| 世界博览会 | Shì jiè Bó lǎn huì | World Expo; abbr. to 世博 |
| 中国国家博物馆 | Zhōng guó Guó jiā Bó wù guǎn | National Museum of China |
| 中国历史博物馆 | Zhōng guó Lì shǐ Bó wù guǎn | Museum of Chinese History |
| 仁言利博 | rén yán lì bó | Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all. |
| 伊藤博文 | Yī téng Bó wén | ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin |
| 博伊西 | Bó yī xī | Boise, Idaho |
| 博动 | bó dòng | pulsation; to throb |
| 博友 | bó yǒu | lit. blog friend |
| 博取 | bó qǔ | to win (favors, confidence etc) |
| 博古 | Bó gǔ | Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet trained Chinese communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash |
| 博古通今 | bó gǔ tōng jīn | conversant with things past and present; erudite and informed |
| 博士学位 | bó shì xué wèi | doctoral degree; PhD; same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲学博士学位 |
| 博士后 | bó shì hòu | postdoc; a postdoctoral position |
| 博士买驴 | bó shì mǎi lǘ | lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point; idiom mocking scholastic pomposity |
| 博大 | bó dà | enormous; broad; extensive |
| 博大精深 | bó dà jīng shēn | wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep |
| 博学多才 | bó xué duō cái | erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able |
| 博客 | bó kè | blog (loanword); weblog; blogger |
| 博客圈 | bó kè quān | blogosphere |
| 博客写手 | bó kè xiě shǒu | blogger; blog writer |
| 博客话剧 | bó kè huà jù | blog drama (netspeak) |
| 博山 | Bó shān | Boshan district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong |
| 博山区 | Bó shān qū | Boshan district of Zibo city 淄博市, Shandong |
| 博帕尔 | Bó pà ěr | Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh 中央邦 |
| 博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling; contest |
| 博弈论 | bó yì lùn | game theory |
| 博彩 | bó cǎi | lottery |
| 博德 | Bó dé | Bodø (city in Norway) |
| 博爱县 | Bó ài xiàn | Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan |
| 博文 | bó wén | blog article; to write a blog article (netspeak) |
| 博斯沃思 | Bó sī wò sī | Bosworth (name); Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009 |
| 博斯腾湖 | Bó sī téng hú | Lake Bosten in Xinjiang |
| 博格 | Bó gé | Borg (name); Bjorn Borg (1956-), Swedish tennis star |
