泡沫

• ピンイン: pào mò
• 漢字の分解: 泡 = 氵 + 包 (water bubble); 沫 = 氵 + 末 (water at the end, froth at the surface)

意味

泡／（経済の）バブル

Used both literally for physical foam or bubbles and metaphorically for financial or social phenomena that are inflated and unsustainable. 泡沫经济 (bubble economy) is a key term in economic discourse.

例文

1. 海浪拍打礁石，激起大量白色泡沫。
2. 房地产泡沫一旦破裂，将引发连锁的金融危机。
3. 网红经济中存在大量虚假繁荣的泡沫成分。

使い方ガイド

場面: economics, finance, nature, media critique

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 分析师警告称，当前科技股估值已呈现出明显的泡沫特征。(Analysts have warned that the current valuation of technology stocks shows clear signs of a bubble.)
• 肥皂泡沫在阳光下折射出七彩的光芒，美丽而短暂。(Soap bubbles refract rainbow colours in the sunlight — beautiful and fleeting.)

避ける言い方

• 他的谎言是一个泡沫 — use 谎言终将破灭 or 虚假的 to describe a lie; 泡沫 describes unsustainable inflation, not deception itself

起源と歴史

泡 (bubble, soak) + 沫 (froth, foam) — both characters relate to the surface formation of liquid bubbles

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal