| pāo | puffed/swollen/spongy/small lake (esp. in place names)/classifier for urine or feces |
| pào | bubble/foam/blister (i.e. skin bubble)/to soak/to steep/to infuse/to dawdle/to shilly-shally/to hang about/to pick up (a girl)/to get off with (a sexual partner) |
| 泡 | puffed swollen spongy |
| 泡一泡 | go for a dip; have a dip; take a dip |
| 泡制 | to bring under control to take in hand to formulate an action plan |
| 泡吧 | to spend time in a bar (alcohol, internet etc) to go clubbing |
| 泡妞 | to pick up girls to play around with girls to chase after girls |
| 泡子 | small lake pond |
| 泡影 | lit. soap bubble pie in the sky nothing |
| 泡打粉 | baking powder |
| 泡桐 | Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments Chinese parasol tree |
| 泡水 | to infuse to soak in water |
| 泡汤 | to dawdle to go slow deliberately to fizzle out |
| 泡沫 | foam (soap) bubble (economic) bubble |
| 泡沫剂 | bubble bath; cellulating agent; foamable composition; foaming agent; frother |
| 泡沫包装 | bubble wrap |
| 泡沫塑料 | foam; cellular plastic; expandable plastic; polystyrene foam; polyfoam; aerated plastics; cellular plastics; expanded plastic; foam plastic; expanded plastics; foamed plastic; foamed plastics; plastic foam |
| 泡沫塑料拖鞋 | foamed-plastic slippers; foam-plastic slippers |
| 泡沫材料 | foam; foamed materials; foam material |
| 泡沫橡皮 | cellular rubber |
| 泡沫橡胶 | scum rubber; cellular rubber; foam rubber; cullular rubber; spongy rubber; air foam rubber; foamed rubber; expanded cellular rubber; froth rubber |
| 泡沫浮选法 | froth-flotation method; froth flotation process |