HSK 6 · Objects

泡沫 pàomò “foam” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 泡沫 means

  1. foam
  2. bubble (incl. economic)
  3. (soap) bubble
  4. (economic) bubble

How to say 泡沫

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泡pào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale沫mò4th tone, falling

泡沫 in a sentence

  1. 洗碗的时候，水里有很多泡沫。

    Xǐwǎn de shíhou, shuǐ lǐ yǒu hěn duō pàomò.

    When you wash the dishes, there are lots of bubbles in the water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 有人说现在的房价有泡沫。

    Yǒurén shuō xiànzài de fángjià yǒu pàomò.

    Some people say there’s a bubble in house prices.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 泡沫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 泡 (pào) with each of its parts in a different colour
泡pàobubble; foam
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with pào.

The character 沫 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
沫mòfoam
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 末end · mòSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 末 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mò.

How to write 泡沫

泡 8 strokes · 沫 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

泡沫 (pàomò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 泡沫 (pàomò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 泡沫

Words with 泡

浸泡jìnpào · to soak

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FAQs

泡沫 (pàomò) means “foam” or “bubble (incl. economic)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pàomò: pào with a 4th tone, then mò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 泡沫 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paomo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 泡沫 from the suggestions. Typing paomo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
泡沫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.