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Chinese symbol for “styrofoam”

泡沫塑料
pào mò sù liào
styrofoam

The closest CC-CEDICT match for styrofoam is 泡沫塑料 (pào mò sù liào), defined as: styrofoam.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

泡 pào
bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
沫 mò
bubbles, foam, froth, suds
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
塑 sù
to sculpt, to model in clay; plastic
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes
料 liào
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
radical 68 ⽃ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “styrofoam”

WordPinyinMeaning
保丽龙 (保麗龍)bǎo lì lóngstyrofoam
发泡胶 (發泡膠)fā pào jiāoexpanded polystyrene (EPS); styrofoam

Related words

Other words that share a character with 泡沫塑料.

WordPinyinMeaning
泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble
泡泡pào paobubbles
灯泡 (燈泡)dēng pàolight bulb; see also 电灯泡 (diàn dēng pào)
浸泡jìn pàoto steep; to soak
气泡 (氣泡)qì pàobubble; blister (in metal)
泡妞pào niūto pick up girls; to play around with girls
唾沫tuò mospittle; saliva
白沫bái mòfroth; foam (coming from the mouth)
塑料sù liàoplastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources

See also: Japanese symbol for “styrofoam”.

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.

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