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泡

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

pào, pāo, páo

Bopomofo

ㄆㄠˋ, ㄆㄠ, ㄆㄠˊ

Jyutping

paau1

Example sentences

泡 pào
我喜歡在午後泡一壺好茶。
我喜欢在午后泡一壶好茶。

I like to brew a pot of good tea in the afternoon.

用餐 yòngcān
他習慣在用餐後泡杯茶喝。
他习惯在用餐后泡杯茶喝。

He is used to having a cup of tea after a meal.

泡沫 pàomò
洗衣粉在水中產生了大量泡沫。
洗衣粉在水中产生了大量泡沫。

Laundry detergent produced a large amount of foam in the water.

填充 tiánchōng
他在箱子的空隙中填充了泡沫以防損壞。
他在箱子的空隙中填充了泡沫以防损坏。

He filled the gaps in the box with foam to prevent damage.

氣泡 / 气泡 qìpào
飲料中有大量的氣泡。
饮料中有大量的气泡。

There are a lot of bubbles in the drink.

Example Vocabulary

泡

pao4

to soak; to brew; to spend time

水泡

shui3'pao4

泡妞

泡沫

pao4'mo4

foam; bubble

泡泡

泡湯

pao4'tang1

卵泡

luan3'pao4

夢幻泡影

meng4'huan4'pao4'ying3

氣泡

qi4'pao4

bubble

泡制

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