泡

Translingual

Han character

泡 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心口山 (EPRU), four-corner 3711₂, composition ⿰氵包)

1. bubbles, suds
2. blister
3. soak

References

• KangXi: page 617, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17307
• Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1591, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6CE1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		泡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pào, pāo (pao⁴, pao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ, ㄆㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵, paau⁴, paau³, paau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pau
• Min Nan (POJ): phàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁵, paau⁴, paau³, paau¹
    • Yale: póuh, pàauh, paau, pāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵, paau⁴, paau³, paau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pʰɑːu̯²¹/, /pʰɑːu̯³³/, /pʰɑːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau⁴
    • IPA: /pa̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
    • Tâi-lô: phàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaʊ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰˠau/, /bˠau/▼

Rime
Character	泡	泡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	匹交切	薄交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠau/	/bˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚau/	/bᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰau/	/bau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨw/	/baɨw/
Li Rong	/pʰau/	/bau/
Wang Li	/pʰau/	/bau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰau/	/bʱau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāo	páo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/, /*m̥ʰruːs/, /*bruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泡	泡	泡
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	278	283	296
Phonetic component	勹	勹	勹
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	胞	奅	庖
Old Chinese	/*pʰruː/	/*m̥ʰruːs/	/*bruː/
Notes		𣶐後起字

Definitions

泡

1. bubble
2. pimple
3. bubblelike object
4. to cause to soak in fluid
5. (slang) to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, to pick up
6. classifier for urine

Compounds

• 泡沫 (pàomò)
• 泡泡 (pàopao)

• 燈泡／灯泡 (dēngpào)

• 豆泡 (dòupāo)

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Japanese

Kanji

泡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bubbles

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: あわ (awa)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
泡
あわ Grade: S
kun'yomi

• 泡盛 (あわもり) ‎(awamori)
• 発泡酒 (はっぽうしゅ) ‎(happōshu)

Noun

泡 ‎(hiragana あわ, romaji awa)

1. bubble
2. foam, head on carbonated beverages such as beer

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Korean

Hanja

泡 • ‎(po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泡 (phao, bàu, bảo, bào, bầu)

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