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疱

pào

Character Traditional 皰

What 疱 means

1. pimple
2. acne
3. blister
4. boil
5. ulcer

Words starting with 疱

• 疱疹pào zhěnblister; bleb (watery blister); herpes (medicine)
• 疱疹病毒pào zhěn bìng dúherpes virus (med.)

Words containing 疱

• 水疱shuǐ pàoblister
• 面疱miàn pàoacne
• 单纯疱疹dān chún pào zhěnherpes simplex (med.)
• 带状疱疹dài zhuàng pào zhěnshingles; herpes zoster (medicine)
• 满嘴起疱mǎn zuǐ qǐ pàoto have lips covered in blisters
• 单纯疱疹病毒dān chún pào zhěn bìng dúherpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)
• 天疱疮tiān pào chuāng(medicine) pemphigus
• 痘疱dòu pàopimple; acne
• 脓疱nóng pàopimple containing pus

Characters built on 包

These share the phonetic component 包 (bāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)

Characters that look like 疱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 疤bāscar; scab
• 疮chuāngsore; skin ulcer
• 痉jìngspasm

Sounds the same

Read pào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炮cannon; firecracker
• 泡bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 礮ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones; variant of 炮
• 麭pastry; cake