A light bulb gives light.
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泡
pāo
HSK 3.0 · 6
pāo · paau1 (Jyutping)
- puffed; swollen; spongy
- small lake (esp. in place names)
- classifier for urine or feces
pào · paau1 (Jyutping)
- 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
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Character breakdown
泡
- Meaning
- bubbles, suds; blister; soak
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰氵包
- Cangjie
- EPRU
- Four-corner
- 3711.2
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Example sentences
She was making tea.
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