水泡

shuǐpào

noun #19,017

Measure Word

一个水泡 gè

Meanings

1 bubble (in water)
2 blister (on skin)

Characters

bubble; blister; to soak

Examples

水烧开了，冒出很多水泡。

Shuǐ shāo kāi le, mào chū hěn duō shuǐpào.

The water boiled and many bubbles rose up.

走了太多路，脚上起了水泡。

Zǒu le tài duō lù, jiǎo shang qǐ le shuǐpào.

I walked too much and got blisters on my feet.

Tips

usage

水泡 means both water bubbles and skin blisters. The idiom 打水漂 (to skip stones / to waste money) is related but different -- 水泡 is a bubble, while 水漂 is a skipping stone.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

泡 pào