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泡
pāo
1. puffed
2. swollen
3. spongy
4. small lake (esp. in place names)
5. classifier for urine or feces
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

泡
pào
bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

卵泡
luǎnpào
follicle
囊泡
nángpào
vesicle
娘泡
niángpào
variant of [[娘炮<niángpào>]]
小泡
xiǎopào
vesicles
尿泡
suīpao
(dialect) bladder
气泡
qìpào
bubble
水泡
shuǐpào
bubble
泡制
pàozhì
to brew
泡吧
pàobā
to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc)
泡妞
pàoniū
to pick up girls
泡子
pāozi
small lake
泡子
pàozi
light bulb
泡影
pàoyǐng
lit. soap bubble
泡桐
pāotóng
Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments
泡椒
pàojiāo
pickled pepper
泡水
pàoshuǐ
to infuse
泡沫
pàomò
foam
HSK 6
泡泡
pàopao
bubbles
泡汤
pàotāng
to dawdle
泡漩
pàoxuán
eddy

Alternate Entries

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)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,999
Word Frequency Rank
2,474 of 84,292