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泡

pào

bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 包 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 8 strokes Common (20%)

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wrap, pack, bundle; package

⿰氵包 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

bāo

包

wrap, pack, bundle; package

💡 Ideographic: To swaddle 勹 a baby 巳; 勹 also provides the pronunciation

5 strokes HSK 3

bāo

勹

wrap

2 strokes

sì

巳

the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch

3 strokes

Words Using 泡 (72)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

泡沫 ↗

pàomò

foam / (soap) bubble / (economic) bubble

pàomò

泡沫 ↗

HSK 6

foam / (soap) bubble / (economic) bubble

浸泡 ↗

jìnpào

to steep / to soak / to immerse

jìnpào

浸泡 ↗

HSK 6

to steep / to soak / to immerse

泡 ↗

pāo

puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces

pāo

泡 ↗

puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces

泡 ↗

pào

bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner)

pào

泡 ↗

bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner)

to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls

pàoniū

泡妞 ↗

to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls

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