泡
puffed; swollen; spongy · classifier for urine or feces
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Character Decomposition
泡=氵+包
Etymology
water
Meanings2 pronunciations
pāo
puffed; swollen; spongy
small lake (esp. in place names)
classifier for urine or feces
pào
bubble; foam
blister
to soak; to steep; to infuse
to dawdle; to loiter
to pick up (a girl)
to get off with (a sexual partner)
classifier for occurrences of an action
classifier for number of infusions
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Words with 泡 119 total
pickled cabbage泡菜pào càito make tea泡茶pào cháto soak cooked rice in soup or water · cooked rice reheated in boiling water泡饭pào fànlight but bulky goods泡货pāo huòfoam · (soap) bubble · (economic) bubble泡沫pào mòbubbles泡泡pào pao(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing · to dawdle; to stall · (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath泡汤pào tāng(lit.) froth and shadows · (fig.) illusion; mirage泡影pào yǐngto infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage)泡制pào zhìsmall lake · pond泡子pāo zito bubble · to foam · to blister · to sprout boils (on one's body) · sparkling (wine etc)起泡qǐ pàobubble · blister水泡shuǐ pào(dialect) bladder尿泡suī paobubble · blister (in metal) · (of beverages) sparkling · carbonated气泡qì pàoovarian follicle · Taiwan pr. luǎnpào卵泡luǎn pāovesicle囊泡náng pàovesicles小泡xiǎo pàoto add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) · to infuse (tea)冲泡chōng pàoto sauté · bubbles that appear in the oil when deep-frying油泡yóu pàoto spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) · to go clubbing泡吧pào bāto pick up girls · to play around with girls · to chase after girls泡妞pào niūPaulownia (genus)泡桐pāo tóngfoam (material)泡棉pào miánpickled pepper泡椒pào jiāo
Idioms with 泡 5 total Chain
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