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颇 pō rather

rather; quite; considerably

How to remember 颇: 皮 skin + 页 page = rather. Her skin turns pink while the girl reads page after page on the beach, and her mum says she looks rather red.

  • HSK 9
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 页

Component breakdown

颇 = 皮 skin + 页 page

  • 皮 skin
  • 页 page
The Gushi story

Her skin turns pink while the girl reads page after page on the beach, and her mum says she looks rather red.

How it is used

  • An adverb meaning 'quite/rather/considerably,' formal in tone: 颇有名气 (pō yǒu míngqì) quite famous, 颇为不满 (pō wéi bùmǎn) rather displeased.
  • Written register - 颇 replaces spoken 很/挺 in essays and reports; 颇具 X (pō jù) = has a good deal of X.
  • Note the fixed 颇为 (pōwéi) 'rather/quite so,' before adjectives.