pǎo 
		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
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pào 
		bubble
foam
blister (i.e. skin bubble)
to soak
to steep
to infuse
to dawdle
to shilly-shally
to hang about
to pick up (a girl)
to get off with (a sexual partner)
classifier for occurrences of an action
classifier for number of infusions
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pāo 
		puffed
swollen
spongy
small lake (esp. in place names)
classifier for urine or feces
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			pào 
		pimple
acne
blister
boil
ulcer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			páo 
		to work hides
leather bag
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pāo 
		to throw
to toss
to fling
to cast
to abandon
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà Gōng Bào 
		Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name
Ta Kung Pao, founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			páo 
		to dig
to excavate
(coll.) to exclude
not to count
to deduct
to subtract
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			páo 
		to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pào 
		cannon
CL:座[zuo4]
firecracker
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			míng bào 
		Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cháng páo 
		chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe)
gown
robe
CL:件[jian4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gōng bǎo jī dīng 
		Kung Pao Chicken
spicy diced chicken
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			páo 
		bottle gourd
Lagenaria vulgaris
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pào 
		ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones
variant of 炮[pao4], cannon
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bǎo zhì 
		Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			suī pao 
		(dialect) bladder
to urinate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà gōng Bào 
		Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name
Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Míng Bào 
		Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			páo 
		(of an animal) to paw (the ground)