Chinese symbol for “bubble”
泡
pào
bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bubble is 泡 (pào), defined as: 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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bubble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气泡 (氣泡) | qì pào | bubble; blister (in metal) |
| 啵 | bō | (onom.) to bubble |
| 水泡 | shuǐ pào | bubble; blister |
| 起泡 | qǐ pào | to bubble; to foam |
| 沤 (漚) | ōu | bubble; froth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam; (soap) bubble |
| 泡泡 | pào pao | bubbles |
| 灯泡 (燈泡) | dēng pào | light bulb; see also 电灯泡 (diàn dēng pào) |
| 浸泡 | jìn pào | to steep; to soak |
| 气泡 (氣泡) | qì pào | bubble; blister (in metal) |
| 泡妞 | pào niū | to pick up girls; to play around with girls |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bubble”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.