泡
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Translingual
Han character
泡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心口山 (EPRU), four-corner 37112, composition ⿰氵包)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 617, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17307
- Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1591, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6CE1
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 泡 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Pronunciation 1
| simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 脬 1–5 藨 6 | |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pao
- Wade–Giles: pʻao1
- Yale: pāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: paau1
- Yale: pāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau1
- Guangdong Romanization: pao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: phaew, baew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/, /*bruː/
Definitions
泡
- puffy, spongy, soft
- 泡桐 ― pāotóng ― Paulownia sp., a tree with very soft wood
- puffy, spongy or soft object
- 豆腐泡 ― dòufupāo ― spongy tofu
- bladder
- small lake
- Classifier for excreta.
- Rubus sp.
- 空心泡 ― kōngxīnpāo ― Rubus rosifolius
- Name of a river.
Pronunciation 2
| simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pou5 / paau1 / pok1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phā / phàu / phāu / pho
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pào
- Wade–Giles: pʻao4
- Yale: pàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pàor
- Wade–Giles: pʻao4-ʼrh
- Yale: pàur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawl
- Palladius: паор (paor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pou5 / paau1 / pok1
- Yale: póuh / pāau / pōk
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou5 / paau1 / pok7
- Guangdong Romanization: pou5 / pao1 / pog1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/, /pʰɔːk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- pou5 - “bubble”;
- paau1 - “bulb”, e.g. 燈泡;
- pok1 - “blister”.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
- Hakka Romanization System: pau
- Hagfa Pinyim: pau4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phā
- Tâi-lô: phā
- Phofsit Daibuun: pha
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
- Tâi-lô: phàu
- Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāu
- Tâi-lô: phāu
- Phofsit Daibuun: phau
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰau²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho
- Tâi-lô: pho
- Phofsit Daibuun: phoy
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Note:
- pho - etymologically unrelated, meaning “bubble; saliva”.
- Middle Chinese: phaew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/
Definitions
泡
- bubble
- bubblelike or bulbous object
- blister
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) saliva; spit
- (Wuhan Mandarin, Liannan Hakka) swim bladder
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 魚鰾 (“swim bladder”)
Pronunciation 3
| simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𣶐 to soak | |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pào
- Wade–Giles: pʻao4
- Yale: pàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: paau3
- Yale: paau
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau3
- Guangdong Romanization: pao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
- Hakka Romanization System: pau
- Hagfa Pinyim: pau4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*m̥ʰruːs/
Definitions
泡
- to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
- to pour boiling water; to infuse; to brew (such as tea, instant soup, etc.)
- 泡茶 ― pàochá ― to make (infuse) tea
- (informal) to pick up; to meet and seduce for romantic purposes
- 泡妞 ― pàoniū ― to pick up girls
Synonyms
- (to soak):
Pronunciation 4
| simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: páo
- Wade–Giles: pʻao2
- Yale: páu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
- Palladius: пао (pao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: paau4
- Yale: pàauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: paau4
- Guangdong Romanization: pao4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰaːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
泡
- † abundant
Pronunciation 5
| simp. and trad. |
泡 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 啵 | |
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phò
Definitions
泡
- (Southern Min) light and crisp
Compounds
- 一泡
- 一泡子
- 充氣燈泡 / 充气灯泡
- 冒泡 (màopào)
- 冒泡兒 / 冒泡儿 (màopàor)
- 化為泡影 / 化为泡影 (huàwéi pàoyǐng)
- 卵泡
- 夢幻泡影 / 梦幻泡影
- 如法泡製 / 如法泡制
- 娘泡 (niángpào)
- 幻泡
- 打泡
- 本地泡 (Běndìpào)
- 氣泡 / 气泡 (qìpào)
- 氣泡室 / 气泡室
- 氣泡病 / 气泡病
- 水泡 (shuǐpào)
- 沖泡 / 冲泡 (chōngpào)
- 泡妞 (pàoniū)
- 泡幻
- 泡影 (pàoyǐng)
- 泡桐 (pāotóng)
- 泡棉
- 泡水
- 泡沫 (pàomò)
- 泡泡
- 泡沫劑 / 泡沫剂
- 泡沫塑膠 / 泡沫塑胶
- 泡沫橡膠 / 泡沫橡胶
- 泡沫水泥
- 泡沫浴
- 泡沫玻璃
- 泡泡糖 (pàopàotáng)
- 泡沫紅茶 / 泡沫红茶
- 泡沫經濟 / 泡沫经济 (pàomò jīngjì)
- 泡沫車 / 泡沫车
- 泡沫髮膠 / 泡沫发胶
- 泡湯 / 泡汤 (pàotāng)
- 泡漩
- 泡滾 / 泡滚
- 泡燈 / 泡灯
- 泡疹
- 泡病號 / 泡病号
- 泡磨菇
- 泡芙 (pàofú)
- 泡茶 (pàochá)
- 泡茶館 / 泡茶馆
- 泡菜 (pàocài)
- 泡蘑菇 (pào mógu)
- 泡螺
- 泡貨 / 泡货
- 泡飯 / 泡饭 (pàofàn)
- 泡麵 / 泡面 (pàomiàn)
- 泡麵哲學 / 泡面哲学
- 泡麵市場 / 泡面市场
- 浸泡 (jìnpào)
- 海泡石
- 液泡 (yèpào)
- 液泡膜
- 潦泡 (liáopào)
- 潦漿泡 / 潦浆泡
- 濾泡 / 滤泡
- 濾泡期 / 滤泡期
- 燈泡 / 灯泡 (dēngpào)
- 燎泡 (liáopào)
- 燎漿泡 / 燎浆泡
- 發泡成形 / 发泡成形
- 眼泡
- 美得冒泡
- 肉眼泡兒 / 肉眼泡儿
- 肺泡 (fèipào)
- 肥皂泡 (féizàopào)
- 豆泡 (dòupāo)
- 電燈泡 / 电灯泡 (diàndēngpào)
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 泡 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
泡󠄁 泡+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 泡󠄃 泡+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
泡
Readings
- Go-on: ひょう (hyō)←へう (feu, historical)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)←はう (fau, historical)
- Kun: あぶく (abuku, 泡)、あわ (awa, 泡, Jōyō)、うたかた (utakata, 泡)
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 泡 |
| あわ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 沫 |
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2] From Proto-Japonic *awa.
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ^ “泡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 泡 (MC phaew). Recorded as Middle Korean 포 (phwo) (Yale: pwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Compounds
References
Okinawan
Kanji
泡
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 泡 |
| あー Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 沫 |
Cognate with Japanese 泡 (awa).
Pronunciation
Noun
泡 (ā)
References
- “あー【泡・沫】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Vietnamese
Han character
泡: Hán Nôm readings: bàu, bảo, bào, bầu, phao
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