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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
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) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions
HSK 6
foam / (soap) bubble / (economic) bubble
HSK 7-9
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
to bubble / to fizz / to effervesce
bubbles
to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc) / to go clubbing
pickled cabbage
instant noodles / (Tw) pirated software
distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
cream puff (loanword) / profiterole
to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water
bubble economy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
small lake / pond
light bulb
to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls
to make tea
bubble gum
to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill / to malinger
Paulownia (genus)
light but bulky goods
to procrastinate / to shilly-shally and waste time
eddy / whirlpool
baking powder
to soak in a spa or hot spring
pickled pepper
to bathe / to immerse oneself in a warm bath
to soak the feet
loose socks / baggy socks
(coll.) skinny fat person (person who is MONW: metabolically obese normal weight)
to reconstitute (dried mushrooms, seaweed etc)
to infuse / to soak in water
styrofoam
bubble-gum
bubble bath
bubble bath lotion
(slang) South Korea
to infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage)
meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)


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