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HSK 6
泡
pào
1.
bubble
2.
foam
3.
blister (i.e. skin bubble)
4.
to soak
5.
to steep
6.
to infuse
7.
to dawdle
8.
to shilly-shally
9.
to hang about
10.
to pick up (a girl)
11.
to get off with (a sexual partner)
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
泡泡
pàopao
bubbles
泡汤
pàotāng
to dawdle
泡漩
pàoxuán
eddy
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,999
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,474 of 84,292