泡

pào

HSK 63 readings

“Puffed” in Chinese is 泡 (pào).

Other characters with the syllable pao: see all 6 →

Meaning

puffed; swollen; spongy
small lake (esp. in place names)
classifier for urine or feces

Show 8 more meanings

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

Example

三个灯泡烧坏了。

Three bulbs have burned out.

From 灯泡 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

pāopuffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
pàobubble; 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

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 泡

灯泡dēngpàolight bulbHSK 7-9 浸泡jìnpàoto steepHSK 7-9 泡沫pàomòfoamHSK 7-9 气泡qìpàobubbleHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

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