泡

Bubble in Chinese: 泡 (pào)

pào

bubble

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1bubble; foam
  2. 2blister
  3. 3to soak; to steep; to infuse
  4. 4to dawdle; to loiter
  5. 5to pick up (a girl)
  6. 6to get off with (a sexual partner)
  7. 7classifier for occurrences of an action
  8. 8classifier for number of infusions

Stroke order

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泡

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄠˋ

pào

ㄆ/ pㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他用热水泡了一杯茶。

    tā yòng rè shuǐ pào le yì bēi chá。

    He steeped a cup of tea with hot water.

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Related words

灯泡

dēng pào

light bulb

浸泡

jìn pào

to steep

泡沫

pào mò

foam

气泡

qì pào

bubble

炮

pào

cannon

陪同

péi tóng

to accompany

配置

pèi zhì

to deploy

皮球

pí qiú

ball (made of rubber, leather etc)

偏

piān

to lean

贫困

pín kùn

impoverished

品牌

pǐn pái

brand name

聘请

pìn qǐng

to engage

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