泡沫

泡沫

1. foam (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles); bubble; froth; head (of beer)

   冰涼的水在船邊泛起泡沫。 [MSC, trad.]
   冰凉的水在船边泛起泡沫。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bīngliáng de shuǐ zài chuán biān fàn qǐ pàomò. [Pinyin]

   The icy cold water foamed over the side of the boat.

2. foam (substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid); foam plastic
3. (finance) Short for 泡沫經濟／泡沫经济 (pàomò jīngjì, “economic bubble”).

   互聯網泡沫／互联网泡沫  ―  hùliánwǎng pàomò  ―  Dot-com bubble

• (foam plastic): 泡沫塑料 (pàomò sùliào)
• (economic bubble): 泡沫經濟／泡沫经济 (pàomò jīngjì)

• 氣泡／气泡 (qìpào)

Chinese 泡沫 (pàomò)

• (Tokyo) ほーまつ [hòómátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːma̠t͡sɨᵝ]

泡(ほう)沫(まつ) • (hōmatsu) ^{←はうまつ (faumatu)?}

1. a bubble, or foam, or froth

   泡(ほう)沫(まつ)細(さい)胞(ぼう)

   hōmatsu saibō

   a foam cell

   • 1964, Takata Kazuo, Morishita Hiroshi, “Shokuen denkai sō no yōkyoku ni okeru kihō bunsan sō no seijō [Properties of the bubble-dispersion layer formed in the neighborhood of anode during the electrolysis of brine]”, in Denki kagaku oyobi kōgyō butsuri kagaku, →DOI, page 430:

     一(いっ)般(ぱん)にほうまつの安(あん)定(てい)性(せい)は表(ひょう)面(めん)張(ちょう)力(りょく)の大(だい)小(しょう)のみで説(せつ)明(めい)できない場(ば)合(あい)が多(おお)い

     Ippan ni hōmatsu no anteisei wa hyōmen chōryoku no daishō nomi de setsumei dekinai bāi ga ōi

     In general, the stability of the bubbles cannot be explained solely by the degree of surface tension

2. (attributive) the state of lasting only for a short time, like a bubble; ephemerality, transience, fleeting-ness, etc.

   Synonym: 泡影 (hōei)

   泡(ほう)沫(まつ)景(けい)気(き)

   hōmatsu keiki

   an ephemeral boom

   泡(ほう)沫(まつ)候(こう)補(ほう)

   hōmatsu kōhō

   a fringe candidate

• 泡(ほう)沫(まつ)夢(む)幻(げん) (hōmatsu mugen)

• (Tokyo) うたかた [ùtákátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝta̠ka̠ta̠]

泡沫(うたかた) • (utakata) 

1. (literary) a bubble, or foam, or froth
   • 2019, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”‎:

     悲しみに響く波紋は
     黄河の水(みな)底(そこ)
     恋い慕う　恋い慕う夢は
     何時(いつ)ぞやの泡沫(うたかた)

     Kanashimi ni hibiku hamon wa
     Kōga no minasoko
     Koishitau koishitau yume wa
     Itsuzoya no utakata

     Ripples resonating with sorrow
     At the bottom of the Yellow River
     Yearning dreams
     Like fleeting foam of former times

2. (literary, attributive) the state of lasting only for a short time, like a bubble; ephemerality, transience, fleeting-ness, etc.

   泡沫(うたかた)の如(ごと)く消(き)える

   utakata no gotoku kieru

   to vanish like ephemera

   うたかたの夢(ゆめ)/恋(こい)

   utakata no yume/koi

   a fleeting dream/romance

• 泡沫(うたかた)人(びと) (utakatabito)