泡 pào

1. pào verb to brew; to steep; to soak
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Cooking 烹调
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pào v 1; Unihan '泡'; XHZD '泡' pào 3; Yu 2011, pp. 14-15)
2. pào noun bubble; foam
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pào n 1; Unihan '泡'; XHZD '泡' pào 1)
3. pào noun a blister
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pào n 3; Unihan '泡'; XHZD '泡' pào 2)
4. pāo adjective soft; puffy; swollen
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pāo adj; XHZD '泡' pāo 1)
5. pāo adjective porous; spongy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '泡' pāo 2)
6. pào noun a bubble shaped thing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pào n 2; XHZD '泡' pào 2)
7. pào measure word a movement; a motion
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A measure word for movements or motions, for example reminders or brewing tea (Guoyu '泡' pào n 4)
8. pào verb to delay
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pào v 2)
9. pāo measure word a time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A measure word for urinating (Guoyu '泡' pāo n 1)
10. pāo noun something soft or puffy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '泡' pāo n 2)

Contained in

• 浸泡 to soak; to immerse
• 泡制 to brew; to infuse; to pickle
• 灯泡(燈泡) light bulb
• 泡子 small lake; pond ; a light bulb
• 泡货(泡貨) light but bulky goods
• 泡罩塔 distillation tower; bubble tower; plate column
• 泡泡糖 bubble gum
• 泡蘑菇 to procrastinate; to shilly-shally and waste time
• 小泡 vesicles
• 泡芙人 skinny fat person
• 泡病号(泡病號) to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill; to malinger
• 泡妞 to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
• 滤泡(濾泡) follicle
• 泡沫塑料 styrofoam
• 韩国泡菜(韓國泡菜) kimchi; Korean pickled cabbage
• 泡泡 bubbles
• 泡菜 pickled cabbage
• 泡桐 Paulownia (genus)
• 化为泡影(化為泡影) to come to nothing
• 软磨硬泡(軟磨硬泡) to coax and pester ; to wheedle; to cajole
• 脑子有泡(腦子有泡) soft in the head; brainless; dumb
• 一点水一个泡(一點水一個泡) honest and trustworthy (idiom)
• 腌泡(醃泡) to marinade
• 泡漩 eddy; whirlpool
• 尿泡 bladder; to urinate
• 香泡树(香泡樹) citron (Citrus medica); grapefruit
• 泡打粉 baking powder
• 泡馍(泡饃) meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
• 电灯泡(電燈泡) light bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest
• 起泡沫 to emit bubbles; to bubble; to foam (with rage); to seethe
• 泡饭(泡飯) to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water
• 如法泡制(如法泡製) to follow the recipe; to follow the same plan
• 泡面(泡麵) instant noodles
• 泡椒 pickled pepper
• 泡腾(泡騰) to bubble; to fizz; to effervesce
• 发泡(發泡) fizzy; sparkling (drink)
• 泡脚(泡腳) foot bath; foot soak
• 泡泡浴露 bubble bath lotion
• 水泡 a bubble; a blister
• 纤维囊泡症(纖維囊泡症) cystic fibrosis
• 泡茶 to brew tea
• 泡澡 to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
• 泡吧 to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing
• 泡泡袜(泡泡襪) loose socks; baggy socks
• 燎泡 to blister by burning
• 冲泡(沖泡) to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
• 泡泡浴 bubble bath
• 发泡胶(發泡膠) expanded polystyrene (EPS); styrofoam
• 住宅泡沫 housing bubble
• 气泡膜(氣泡膜) bubble wrap

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泡温泉

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Truncated for common words

• 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 第八回 Chapter 8 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 卷四十 志第十六 地理一 Volume 40 Treatises 16: Geography 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第四十七回 Chapter 47 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
• 第五十七回 Chapter 57 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 49 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 33 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第十七回 Chapter 17 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 一泡 (一泡) 有一泡江 — History of Ming 明史, 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 — count: 5
• 泡江 (泡江) 一名苴泡江 — History of Ming 明史, 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 — count: 4
• 泡河 (泡河) 又泡河在西 — History of Ming 明史, 卷四十 志第十六 地理一 Volume 40 Treatises 16: Geography 1 — count: 2
• 撒泡 (撒泡) 等我撒泡溺罷 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十四回 Chapter 34 — count: 2
• 泡溲 (泡溲) 泡溲汎𣶏 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十七 Scroll 17 — count: 2
• 泡一 (泡一) 怎麼茶也不肯泡一壺好的 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五十四回 Chapter 54 — count: 2
• 茶泡 (茶泡) 只拿茶泡了一碗飯 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 49 — count: 2