泡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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pào, pāo

bubbles

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

包 Sound component

bāo

wrap

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

泡

pào

bubbles, suds; blister; soak; bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to shilly-shally; to hang about; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions

泡

pāo

puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces

Most common words with 泡