HSK 6 · Verbs

浸泡 jìnpào “to soak” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 浸泡 means

  1. to soak
  2. to steep
  3. to immerse

How to say 浸泡

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale浸jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泡pào4th tone, falling

浸泡 in a sentence

  1. 绿豆要先在水里浸泡几个小时。

    Lǜdòu yào xiān zài shuǐ lǐ jìnpào jǐ ge xiǎoshí.

    Mung beans need to soak in water for a few hours first.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 把脏衣服浸泡一会儿再洗。

    Bǎ zāng yīfu jìnpào yíhuìr zài xǐ.

    Soak the dirty clothes for a while before you wash them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 浸泡 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 浸 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
浸jìnto immerse
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 彐snout · jìSound part
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 又again · yòu

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 彐 (jì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

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.

How to write 浸泡

浸 10 strokes · 泡 8 strokes

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

Words related to 浸泡

Words with 泡

泡沫pàomò · foam

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

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