foam

suds

water (氵) + sound mò (末) = foam on water

末 lends the sound mò; the water radical anchors the meaning to liquid. Foam is the frothy, insubstantial surface of water — fleeting and light.

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他喝啤酒时,杯子上有很多泡

tā hē píjiǔ shí, bēizi shàng yǒu hěn duō pào mò。

when he drinks beer, there is a lot of foam on the cup.

洗碗的时候,水里的泡越来越多。

xǐ wǎn de shíhou, shuǐ lǐ de pào mò yuè lái yuè duō。

when washing the dishes, the suds in the water kept increasing.

Words with 沫

郭沫若

guō mò ruò

Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik

量子沫

liàng zǐ mò

quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction)

飞沫

fēi mò

airborne droplet

飞沫传染

fēi mò chuán rǎn

droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)

飞沫四溅

fēi mò sì jiàn

to spray in all directions

以沫相濡

yǐ mò xiāng rú

see 相濡以沫[xiang1 ru2 yi3 mo4]

住宅泡沫

zhù zhái pào mò

housing bubble

口沫

kǒu mò

spittle

口沫横飞

kǒu mò héng fēi

(idiom) to speak vehemently; to express oneself with great passion

史沫特莱

shǐ mò tè lái

Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist and activist, reported on China, esp. the communist side

吐沫

tù mo

saliva

唾沫

tuò mo

spittle

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