pào

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  • 1

    n.bubble

    • shuǐ li zhí mào pào

      The water is bubbling.

    • shuǐ kāi shí shuǐ miàn huì qǐ pào

      水面

      When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface.

    • féi zào pào

      肥皂

      soap bubble

    • shuǐ pào

      water bubble

  • 2

    v.sop; soak; steep

    • bǎ miàn bāo pào zài niú nǎi zhōng

      面包牛奶

      Sop bread in milk.

    • tā yòng fèi shuǐ pào chá

      沸水

      She makes tea with boiling water.

    • tā de shuāng shǒu zài shuǐ li pào de fā bái

      双手

      Her hands turned pale after being soaked in water.

    • pào jiǎo

      soak one's feet in warm water

    synonym
  • 3

    n.something shaped like a bubble

    • shǒu shang qǐ le pào

      get blisters in one's palm

    • diàn dēng pào

      电灯

      electric light bulb

    • tàng le gè pào

      have a blister from a burn

    • xīn xié bǎ wǒ de jiǎo mó chū le pào

      The new shoes have given me blisters.

  • 4

    v.kill time; dawdle

    • tā zài chá guǎn pào le liǎng xiǎo shí

      茶馆小时

      He dawdled two hours in the tea house.

    • bié xiā pào le

      Stop dawdling!

    • bié zhěng tiān pào zài shū běn li

      书本

      Don't spend all day reading.

    synonym

Words and phrases with 泡

Word usage

  • Note
    "泡"is usually pronounced as "pào"; when pronounced as "pāo", it is used as a quantifier, or it is used for certain place names and things, such as "一泡尿" and "眼泡".
  • "泡" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one bubble

Similar-form characters to 泡

Chinese Characters with pinyin pào

  • cannon; blastholes filled with dynamite
  • bleb