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Keyword
bubble
  • blister
  • swollen
  • puffed up
Frequency
#1417
Strokes
8
Readings
pào100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 包 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
泡pào
bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions
泡沫pàomò
foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
灯泡dēngpào
light bulb; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
浸泡jìnpào
to steep; to soak; to immerse
气泡qìpào
bubble; blister (in metal); (of beverages) sparkling; carbonated
泡妞pàoniū
to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
泡菜pàocài
pickled cabbage
泡汤pàotāng
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
水泡shuǐpào
bubble; blister
泡澡pàozǎo
to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
电灯泡diàndēngpào
light bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest
泡茶pàochá
to make tea
泡面pàomiàn
instant noodles; (Tw) pirated software
冲泡chōngpào
to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves); to infuse (tea)
泡影pàoyǐng
(lit.) froth and shadows; (fig.) illusion; mirage
卵泡luǎnpāo
ovarian follicle; Taiwan pr. luàn3pao
泡水pàoshuǐ
to infuse; to soak in water
发泡fāpào
to produce foam; (of a beverage) fizzy; sparkling
起泡qǐpào
to bubble; to foam; to blister; to sprout boils (on one's body); sparkling (wine etc)
泡pāo
puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces
肺泡fèipào
pulmonary alveolus