Chinese symbol for “infuse”
泡水
pào shuǐ
to infuse; to soak in water
The closest CC-CEDICT match for infuse is 泡水 (pào shuǐ), defined as: to infuse; to soak in water.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “infuse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲 (沖) | chōng | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water |
| 泡制 (泡製) | pào zhì | to infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage) |
| 泡 | pào | bubble; foam; blister |
| 冲泡 (沖泡) | chōng pào | to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves); to infuse (tea) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泡水.
| 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 |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “infuse”.
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.