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瓢

piáo

a ladle made from a dried gourd

🔤 Pictophonetic: 瓜 (gourd) provides meaning, 票 provides pronunciation

HSK 16 strokes Uncommon (38%)

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票

piào

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

瓜

guā

melon, gourd, squash, cucumber

⿰票瓜 i

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Component Tree i

piào

票

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

💡 Ideographic: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering

11 strokes HSK 2

xī

覀

west, western, westward

💡 Ideographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

6 strokes

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

guā

瓜

melon, gourd, squash, cucumber

📷 Pictographic: Vines growing with a melon at their base

5 strokes HSK 2

Words Using 瓢 (12)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(of rain) to fall heavily

piáopōérxià

瓢泼而下 ↗

(of rain) to fall heavily

秃瓢 ↗

tūpiáo

bald head (colloquial)

tūpiáo

秃瓢 ↗

bald head (colloquial)

照葫芦画瓢 ↗

zhàohúluhuàpiáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly

zhàohúluhuàpiáo

照葫芦画瓢 ↗

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly

脑瓢儿 ↗

nǎopiáor

top of the head / crown

nǎopiáor

脑瓢儿 ↗

top of the head / crown

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

qīxīngpiáochóng

七星瓢虫 ↗

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

按下葫芦浮起瓢 ↗

ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo

solve one problem only to find another cropping up

ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo

按下葫芦浮起瓢 ↗

solve one problem only to find another cropping up

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