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泡

Mandarin · pinyin pāo#

Meanings · pāo

  1. puffed; swollen; spongy
  2. small lake (esp. in place names)
  3. classifier for urine or feces
Mandarin · pinyin pào#

Meanings · pào

  1. bubble; foam
  2. blister
  3. to soak; to steep; to infuse
  4. to dawdle; to loiter
  5. to pick up (a girl)
  6. to get off with (a sexual partner)
  7. classifier for occurrences of an action
  8. classifier for number of infusions
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泡
pào · bubbles, suds; blister; soak
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paau1 · paau3 · paau4 · pou5

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character

  1. puffy, spongy, soft
  2. puffy, spongy or soft object
  3. bladder
  4. small lake
  5. Classifier for excreta.
  6. Rubus sp.
  7. Name of a river.

character

  1. bubble
  2. bubblelike or bulbous object
  3. blister
  4. (Cantonese) courage; guts
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) saliva; spit

character

  1. to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
  2. to pour boiling water; to infuse; to brew (such as tea, instant soup, etc.)
  3. (informal) to pick up; to meet and seduce for romantic purposes

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) abundant

character

  1. (Southern Min) light and crisp

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泡 · pao1 · pao4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 64,059, 64,060
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Exact source records泡 泡 [pao1] /puffed; swollen; spongy/small lake (esp. in place names)/classifier for urine or feces/泡 泡 [pao4] /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/