泡

pào

bubble; foam

blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions

water (氵) + sound: bāo (包) = bubbles in water, soaking

氵 carries the aquatic meaning — bubbles, soaking, and foam all live in the world of water. 包 mainly gives the sound bāo, nudging toward pào.

氵+包→泡
包To wrapPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

他把茶叶放进杯里泡了一会儿。

tā bǎ chá yè fàng jìn bēi lǐ pào le yī huìr。

He put the tea leaves in the cup and steeped them for a while.

水开的时候会冒出很多泡。

shuǐ kāi de shí hou huì mào chū hěn duō pào。

When the water boils, many bubbles appear.

Words with 泡

泡茶

pào chá

to make tea

泡泡糖

pào pào táng

bubble gum

泡泡

pào pao

bubbles

腌泡

yān pào

to marinade

电灯泡

diàn dēng pào

light bulb

韩国泡菜

hán guó pào cài

kimchi

韩式泡菜

hán shì pào cài

kimchi

香泡树

xiāng pāo shù

citron (Citrus medica)

鱼泡

yú pào

swim bladder (of a fish)

一点水一个泡

yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào

honest and trustworthy (idiom)

住宅泡沫

zhù zhái pào mò

housing bubble

化为泡影

huà wéi pào yǐng

(idiom) to come to nothing

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