泡

pàopāo

bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse

How to write 泡, stroke by stroke

pào: bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions
pāo: puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 包

Made of 氵 + 包

泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
泡妞pào niūto pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls
泡菜pào càipickled cabbage
泡泡pào paobubbles
灯泡dēng pàolight bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
泡汤pào tāng(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
泡茶pào cháto make tea
气泡qì pàobubble; blister (in metal); (of beverages) sparkling; carbonated
泡澡pào zǎoto bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
水泡shuǐ pàobubble; blister
浸泡jìn pàoto steep; to soak; to immerse
电灯泡diàn dēng pàolight bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest

好像我成电灯泡了。我该走了。
hǎo xiàng wǒ chéng diàn dēng pào le 。 wǒ gāi zǒu le 。
Seems like I'm the third wheel here. I should go.
他们都是为了泡妞才来的。
tā men dōu shì wèi le pào niū cái lái de 。
All of them are just here to pick up girls.
由于下雨，野餐泡汤了。
yóu yú xià yǔ ， yě cān pào tāng le 。
The picnic was called off because of the rain.
我要一打奶油泡芙。
wǒ yào yì dǎ nǎi yóu pào fú 。
I want a dozen cream puffs.
她正在泡茶。
tā zhèng zài pào chá 。
She was making tea.