泡 (pou5 pou4 paau3 paau1 pok1 | pao4 pao1) : bubbles; foam; kill time; soak; brew; puff

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泡

pou5 pou4 paau3 paau1 pok1

pao4 pao1

pou5 & pao4
[n] bubbles; foam; lather

pou4 & pao4
[v] kill time; hang about; loiter | [粵] 蒲, 浮

paau3 & pao4
[v] soak in water; brew; pickle

paau1 & pao4
[n] bubble-shaped thing, e.g. light bulb, mumps

paau1 & pao1
[measure] a burst/spray/stream of excretions, tears, etc

pok1 & pao1
[n] sth puffy and soft, e.g. tofu puff, blisters

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

泡

This word has been viewed 14839 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Oct 2013 04:32

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燈泡 dang1 paau1 deng1 pao4 = lightbulb; light bulb

水泡 seoi2 pou5; seoi2 pok1 shui3 pao4 = lifebuoy; bubble; blister

起泡 hei2 pok1 = get blisters 粵

泡泡 pou5 pou5 pao4 pao4 = hubble-bubble

發泡膠 faat3 pou5 gaau1 = foam plastic

雞泡 gai1 pou5 = puffer; globe fish

雞泡魚 gai1 pou5 jyu4*2 = puffer; globe fish

泡泡浴 pou5 pou5 juk6 pao4 pao4 yu4 = a whirlpool; a spa; a jacuzzi

大頸泡 daai6 geng2 paau1 = mumps

泡沫 pou5 mut6 pao4 mo4 = froth, foam
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Showing 1 example containing 泡

佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

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Decimal representation of this word: 泡
Unicode code for this character: U+6ce1 (off-site link)

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