泡(pào)

HSK 68 strokes
Readingspàopāo

puffed

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Character information

Pinyin
pào / pāo
Meaning
puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 泡 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵包

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 包 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ包bāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 泡 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 泡

Common words using 泡 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qì气pào泡
HSK 7-9

bubble

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pào泡mò沫
HSK 7-9

foam

Open 泡沫 page →
luǎn卵pào泡

ovarian follicle; Taiwan pr. [luan3 pao4]

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náng囊pào泡

vesicle

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niáng娘pào泡

variant of 娘炮[niang2 pao4]

Open 娘泡 page →
huà化wéi为pào泡yǐng影

(idiom) to come to nothing

Open 化为泡影 page →
mèng梦huàn幻pào泡yǐng影

(Buddhism) illusion

Open 梦幻泡影 page →
rú如fǎ法pào泡zhì制

see 如法炮制

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 泡’s common words

气沫卵囊娘化为影

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