MEANING/意义
      
  • pào
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    soak; steep; bubble; to steep; to loaf about; bubble-shaped thing; something soft and puffy; (dialect)  spongy; to kill (the time) ; (dialect)  small lake; measure word for the number of excretions (slightly vulgar) 
    Type adjective/形容词; character/汉字; noun/名词; quantifier/量词; verb/动词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
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    dòu zi pào zhàng le
      
    sound for pinyin
    The beans swelled up after being soaked.

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    xīn wén pào mò huà
      
    sound for pinyin
    frothiness of news; (tendency of)  news bubble
COMBINATIONS/组合
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    pào làn
      
    sound for pinyin
    to soak until mushy

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    pào fàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    to soak cooked rice in soup or boiled water; cooked rice simmered or soaked in soup or water

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    pào mò
      
    sound for pinyin
    foam; bubble

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    pào mò
      
    sound for pinyin
    foam; (soap)  bubble; (economic)  bubble

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    pào miàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    to soak instant noodles

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    pào chá
      
    sound for pinyin
    make tea; steep tea

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    pào bā
      
    sound for pinyin
    spend a long time in bars (also internet cafes) 

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    pào cài
      
    sound for pinyin
    pickled cabbage
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