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泡

pāo · pao/pào · pao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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pāo 泡

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

pào 泡

  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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)去(qù)买(mǎi)了(le)泡(pào)芙(fú)，你(nǐ)要(yào)吃(chī)吗(ma)？

I went and bought some cream puffs. Do you want any?

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by mactrey · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)件(jiàn)衣(yī)服(fu)的(de)面(miàn)料(liào)很(hěn)泡(pāo)，穿(chuān)起(qǐ)来(lái)特(tè)别(bié)舒(shū)服(fu)。

The fabric of this garment is very puffy, and it feels especially comfortable to wear.

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