泡

I

pāo

sth. puffy and soft, spongy, (used for number of excretions; slightly vulgar)

II

pào

bubble, sth. shaped like a bubble, steep; soak, dawdle

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bubble; froth; infuse; pickle; soak; steep

【医】 bubble; Ves.; Vesic.; vesica; vesicle; vesico-

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dunk; froth; pickle; steep; vesicle

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pāo

adj. puffed, swollen

pāo

n. bubble, froth, swimming

pāo

v. steep, dunk, infuse, pickle, sop

pào

n. blister, lather

pào

v. confect

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1)

pao1

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

2)

pao4

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)

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1) 泡

pào

名

（气泡） bubble:

肥皂泡儿 soap bubbles;

冒泡儿 send up bubbles; rise in bubbles;

他用肥皂水吹泡。 He blows bubbles with soap water.

（像泡一样的东西） sth. shaped like a bubble:

电灯泡 electric light bulb;

手上起了泡 get (raise) blisters on one's palm

动

（较长时间地放在液体中） steep; soak:

把蔬菜泡在盐水里 steep vegetables in brine;

让衣服在肥皂水中泡几小时。 Let the clothes soak for a few hours in soapy water.

她用开水泡茶。 She makes tea with boiling water.

（故意消磨时间） dawdle; dillydally:

别瞎泡了，快把工作做完! Stop dawdling and finish your work!

另见 pāo。

2) 泡

pāo

名

（鼓起而松软的东西） sth. puffy and soft:

豆腐泡儿 beancurd puff;

眼泡 upper eyelid

(方) （小湖） small lake

形

（虚而松软; 不坚硬） spongy:

这木料发泡。 This wood is spongy.

量

（用于屎和尿）:

拉一泡屎 have a shit;

撒一泡尿 make water; urinate; piss

另见 pào。

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Ⅰ. 泡|泡 [pāo] ► puffed ► swollen ► spongy ► small lake (esp. in place names) ► classifier for urine or feces

Ⅱ. 泡|泡 [pào] ► 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)