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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 泡汤

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,941 24,550 12,362

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pāo- puffed; swollen; spongy
- small lake (esp. in place names)
- classifier for urine or feces
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
tāng- surname Tang
shāng- rushing current
tāng- soup
- hot or boiling water
- decoction of medicinal herbs
- water in which sth has been boiled

Other Words Containing 泡汤

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
泡汤 - - 10,941 24,550 12,362