泡脚
pào jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

泡脚
 - 
pào jiǎo
  1. foot bath
  2. foot soak

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

泡
pāo
  1. 1 puffed
  2. 2 swollen
  3. 3 spongy
  4. 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
  5. 5 classifier for urine or feces
水泡
shuǐ pào
  1. 1 bubble
  2. 2 blister
冲泡
chōng pào
  1. 1 to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
  2. 2 to infuse (tea)
泡妞
pào niū
  1. 1 to pick up girls
  2. 2 to play around with girls
  3. 3 to chase after girls
泡椒
pào jiāo
  1. 1 pickled pepper
泡沫
pào mò
  1. 1 foam
  2. 2 (soap) bubble
  3. 3 (economic) bubble
泡泡
pào pao
  1. 1 bubbles
泡汤
pào tāng
  1. 1 to dawdle
  2. 2 to go slow deliberately
  3. 3 to fizzle out
  4. 4 to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. 5 (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
泡澡
pào zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡芙
pào fú
  1. 1 cream puff (loanword)
  2. 2 profiterole
泡菜
pào cài
  1. 1 pickled cabbage
泡饭
pào fàn
  1. 1 to soak cooked rice in soup or water
  2. 2 cooked rice reheated in boiling water
泡面
pào miàn
  1. 1 instant noodles
浸泡
jìn pào
  1. 1 to steep
  2. 2 to soak
  3. 3 to immerse
灯泡
dēng pào
  1. 1 light bulb
  2. 2 see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
  3. 3 third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
起泡
qǐ pào
  1. 1 to bubble
  2. 2 to foam
  3. 3 to blister
  4. 4 to sprout boils (on one's body)
  5. 5 sparkling (wine etc)
卵泡
luǎn pào
  1. 1 follicle
梦幻泡影
mèng huàn pào yǐng
  1. 1 illusion (Buddhism)
  2. 2 pipe dream
娘泡
niáng pào
  1. 1 variant of 娘炮[niáng pào]
尿泡
suī pao
  1. 1 (dialect) bladder
  2. 2 to urinate

Idioms (5)

一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole

Sample Sentences

我确实相信泡脚的好处，能促进血液循环。不是说脚是人体的第二心脏吗。从养生角度来看，脚离心脏最远，负担最重，所以我一定得好好善待它。
wǒ quèshí xiāngxìn pàojiǎo de hǎochu ，néng cùjìn xuèyè xúnhuán 。bùshì shuō jiǎo shì réntǐ de dìèr xīnzàng ma 。cóng yǎngshēng jiǎodù láikàn ，jiǎo lí xīnzàng zuì yuǎn ，fùdān zuì zhòng ，suǒyǐ wǒ yīdìng děi hǎohāo shàndāi tā 。
I really swear by foot spas, as they help with blood circulation. Aren't the feet supposed to be the body's second heart? From a health perspective, the feet are furthest from the heart, but they have one of the most important functions, that's why I try my best to look after them.
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好，那先泡脚吧。泡20分钟。
hǎo ，nà xiān pàojiǎo ba 。pào èrshí fēnzhōng 。
Okay. Then first soak your feet. Soak them for 20 minutes.
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中药泡脚吧！
zhōngyào pàojiǎo ba ！
How about the Chinese medicine foot soak?
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先生，要不要办张卡，泡脚、修脚都可以用。
xiānsheng ，yàobuyào bàn zhāng kǎ ，pàojiǎo 、xiūjiǎo dōu kěyǐ yòng 。
Sir, would you like to set up a membership card? Foot soaks, pedicures; you can use it for all of those things.
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