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泡泡
pào pao
Pinyin
Definition
泡泡
-
pào pao
bubbles
Character Decomposition
泡
氵
勹
巳
Related Words
(20)
泡
pāo
1
puffed
2
swollen
3
spongy
4
small lake (esp. in place names)
5
classifier for urine or feces
水泡
shuǐ pào
1
bubble
2
blister
冲泡
chōng pào
1
to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
2
to infuse (tea)
泡妞
pào niū
1
to pick up girls
2
to play around with girls
3
to chase after girls
泡椒
pào jiāo
1
pickled pepper
泡沫
pào mò
1
foam
2
(soap) bubble
3
(economic) bubble
泡泡
pào pao
1
bubbles
泡汤
pào tāng
1
to dawdle
2
to go slow deliberately
3
to fizzle out
4
to have all one's hopes dashed
5
(Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
泡澡
pào zǎo
1
to bathe
2
to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡芙
pào fú
1
cream puff (loanword)
2
profiterole
泡菜
pào cài
1
pickled cabbage
泡饭
pào fàn
1
to soak cooked rice in soup or water
2
cooked rice reheated in boiling water
泡面
pào miàn
1
instant noodles
浸泡
jìn pào
1
to steep
2
to soak
3
to immerse
灯泡
dēng pào
1
light bulb
2
see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
3
third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
4
CL:個|个[gè]
起泡
qǐ pào
1
to bubble
2
to foam
3
to blister
4
to sprout boils (on one's body)
5
sparkling (wine etc)
卵泡
luǎn pào
1
follicle
梦幻泡影
mèng huàn pào yǐng
1
illusion (Buddhism)
2
pipe dream
娘泡
niáng pào
1
variant of 娘炮[niáng pào]
尿泡
suī pao
1
(dialect) bladder
2
to urinate
Idioms
(5)
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
1
honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
1
to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
1
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2
to follow the same plan
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
1
to come to nothing (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
1
to coax and pester (idiom)
2
to wheedle
3
to cajole
Sample Sentences