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biāo

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biāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biāo | biao1
English translation
spear, harpoon, dart; to escort

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About biāo

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

biāo

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of biāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅票

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

piào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and piào represents the sound. Simplified form of biāo .

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Example sentences using biāo

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hěn 自然 zìrán de ràng liǎng 牧民 mù mín 保镖 bǎo biāo péi zhāo .

He was, naturally, accompanied by the two shepherd bodyguards.

zài shǎng de 飞镖 fēi biāo sài Zhōng ,迈克 èr 比一战胜 zhàn shèng le , 但是 dànshì 今天 jīntiān 反败为胜 fǎn bài wéi shèng ,全部 quánbù Sān dōu yíng le .

In the previous darts competition Mike beat me two - one, but I turned the tables on him today by winning all three ...

招手 zhāo shǒu lìng xìng luō de 保镖 bǎo biāo jiào 过来 guò lái .

He beckoned a second bodyguard, Lou.

可能 kěnéng bèi 兴奋 xīngfèn de 歌迷 gē mí 感染 gǎnrǎn le ,其中 qízhōng 一位保镖 bǎo biāo 甚至 shènzhì Huán gēn 歌迷 gē mí men 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào :“其实 qíshí hěn Shuài ! ”

But jokes and bantering aside , the guards still took their jobs seriously.

显然 xiǎnrán zhǐ de shì qiú 西约翰 Yuē hàn ne - Fāng tán 迈克尔 Mài kè ěr de 保镖 bǎo biāo 伯特-奈里.

He obviously meant Jules, Lucy, Johnny Fontane and Michael's bodyguard, Albert Neri.

Words with biāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
保镖 bǎo biāo bodyguard保鏢
biāo dart biāo
飞镖 fēi biāo darts (game)飛鏢
镖客 biāo kè armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)鏢客
梭镖 suō biāo spear梭鏢

biāo Decomposition & Compounds

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