瓢

piáo

Meanings

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piáo

1.dipper
2.ladle

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Wiktionary

1.ladle made from dried gourd

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Etymology

Cognate with 匏 (OC *bruː, “gourd”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).

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Stroke order

Components

瓢票瓜

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Example sentences

湯姆沒有徹底清洗鍋碗瓢盆，導致瑪莉得了痢疾。
Because Tom didn't thoroughly clean the pots, Mary got dysentery.
湯姆和瑪莉的小兒子喜歡坐在廚房地板上敲打鍋碗瓢盆。
Tom and Mary's little boy loves sitting on the kitchen floor banging pots and pans.

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Related words

瓢虫 ladybug 秃瓢 bald head (colloquial)嘴瓢 (coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak 瓢羹 (dialect) spoon 瓢泼 (of rain) pouring 脑瓢儿 top of the head 瓢泼而下 (of rain) to fall heavily 疏水箪瓢 little water and few utensils 锅碗瓢盆 kitchen utensils (literary)瓢泼大雨 downpour (idiom)七星瓢虫 seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)依葫芦画瓢 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)