Chinese words starting with “pao”
11 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable pao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial p · final ao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 3
- 2nd tone 1
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 3
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 跑步pǎo bùHSK 3
to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
All 11 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 跑 | pǎo | v | to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off | |
| 2 | 泡 | pào | v,n,q | 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 | |
| 3 | 抛 | pāo | v,nr | to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon | |
| 4 | 抛弃 | pāo qì | v,vn | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 5 | 炮 | pào | n,q | cannon; firecracker | |
| 6 | 泡沫 | pào mò | n | foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble | |
| 7 | 跑车 | pǎo chē | n | racing bicycle; racing car; sports car; (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train; (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) | |
| 8 | 跑道 | pǎo dào | n | athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip) | |
| 9 | 抛开 | pāo kāi | v | to throw out; to get rid of | |
| 10 | 刨 | páo | v | to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract | |
| 11 | 跑龙套 | pǎo lóng tào | v | to play a small role |
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