pào
noun #35,096

Measure Word

一个

Meanings

  1. 1 blister
  2. 2 pustule
  3. 3 pimple
  4. 4 skin vesicle

Examples

Tā liǎn shàng zhǎng le jǐ ge hóng pào.
He has a few red pustules on his face.
Tàngshāng hòu pífū qǐ le shuǐpào.
After the burn, blisters formed on the skin.

Tips

usage
is the medical term — it appears in compounds like 疱疹 (herpes), (blister), (pustule). The radical signals 'illness/affliction'. In casual speech, blisters are usually just called (also pào), which is sometimes treated as a more clinical variant of.

Stroke Order

pào