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.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
颇 = 皮 skin + 页 page
- 皮 skin sound
- 页 page meaning
Her skin turns pink while the girl reads page after page on the beach, and her mum says she looks rather red.
How it came to be
The head gives the meaning and the skin the sound.
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.