抱
Pinyin: bào
to hold; to hug
Example sentence
妈妈抱着孩子。
Māma bào zhe háizi.
Mom is holding the child.
What 抱 means
抱 (bào) is a Chinese word meaning “to hold; to hug”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.