| 1 | 泡 | 泡 | pào | pao4 | 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); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions | | |
| 2 | 泡沫 | 泡沫 | pào mò | pao4 mo4 | foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble | | |
| 3 | 泡腾 | 泡騰 | pào téng | pao4 teng2 | to bubble; to fizz; to effervesce | | |
| 4 | 泡泡糖 | 泡泡糖 | pào pào táng | pao4 pao4 tang2 | bubble gum | | |
| 5 | 泡泡浴 | 泡泡浴 | pào pào yù | pao4 pao4 yu4 | bubble bath | | |
| 6 | 泡泡浴露 | 泡泡浴露 | pào pào yù lù | pao4 pao4 yu4 lu4 | bubble bath lotion | | |
| 7 | 泡泡 | 泡泡 | pào pao | pao4 pao5 | bubbles | | |
| 8 | 泡泡袜 | 泡泡襪 | pào pao wà | pao4 pao5 wa4 | loose socks; baggy socks | | |
| 9 | 泡水 | 泡水 | pào shuǐ | pao4 shui3 | to infuse; to soak in water | | |
| 10 | 泡汤 | 泡湯 | pào tāng | pao4 tang1 | to dawdle; to go slow deliberately; to fizzle out; to have all one's hopes dashed; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring | | |
| 11 | 泡泡口香糖 | 泡泡口香糖 | pào pào kǒu xiāng táng | pao4 pao4 kou3 xiang1 tang2 | bubble-gum | | |
| 12 | 泡温泉 | 泡溫泉 | pào wēn quán | pao4 wen1 quan2 | to soak in a spa or hot spring | | |
| 13 | 泡漩 | 泡漩 | pào xuán | pao4 xuan2 | eddy; whirlpool | | |
| 14 | 泡影 | 泡影 | pào yǐng | pao4 ying3 | lit. froth and shadows; fig. illusion; mirage | | |
| 15 | 泡影梦幻 | 泡影夢幻 | pào yǐng mèng huàn | pao4 ying3 meng4 huan4 | like a vanishing dream (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 泡澡 | 泡澡 | pào zǎo | pao4 zao3 | to bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath | | |
| 17 | 泡罩塔 | 泡罩塔 | pào zhào tǎ | pao4 zhao4 ta3 | distillation tower; bubble tower; plate column | | |
| 18 | 泡制 | 泡制 | pào zhì | pao4 zhi4 | to brew; to infuse; to pickle | | |
| 19 | 泡子 | 泡子 | pào zi | pao4 zi5 | light bulb | | |
| 20 | 泡椒 | 泡椒 | pào jiāo | pao4 jiao1 | pickled pepper | | |
| 21 | 泡吧 | 泡吧 | pào bā | pao4 ba1 | to spend time in a bar (alcohol, Internet etc); to go clubbing | | |
| 22 | 泡病号 | 泡病號 | pào bìng hào | pao4 bing4 hao4 | to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill; to malinger | | |
| 23 | 泡菜 | 泡菜 | pào cài | pao4 cai4 | pickled cabbage | | |
| 24 | 泡茶 | 泡茶 | pào chá | pao4 cha2 | to make tea | | |
| 25 | 泡打粉 | 泡打粉 | pào dǎ fěn | pao4 da3 fen3 | baking powder | | |