泡 (pào)
bubble; foam; to soak; to steep (tea); to dawdle
How 泡 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 泡
- Simplified
- 泡 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 勹 wrap
- 巳 oneself
泡 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- pāo
- puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names)
- pào
- bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak
Common words using 泡
- 水泡 shuǐpào
- bubble; blister
- 泡妞 pàoniū
- to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
- 泡沫 pàomò
- foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
- 泡泡 pàopao
- bubbles
- 泡湯 pàotāng
- to dawdle; to go slow deliberately; to fizzle out
- 泡澡 pàozǎo
- to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
- 泡菜 pàocài
- pickled cabbage
- 泡飯 pàofàn
- to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water
- 泡麵 pāomiàn
- instant noodles
- 浸泡 jìnpào
- to steep; to soak; to immerse
- 燈泡 dēngpào
- light bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4]; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
- 起泡 qǐpào
- to bubble; to foam; to blister
泡 in a sentence
颱風天的時候，大家習慣在家裡吃泡麵。
Táifēng tiān de shíhòu, dàjiā xíguàn zài jiālǐ chī pàomiàn.
“During typhoon days, everyone is used to eating instant noodles at home.”
How common is 泡?
泡 is the 1,997th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.1% of all running text.
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