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鞘 qiào

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鞘 qiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiào | qiao4
English translation
scabbard, sheath

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About 鞘 qiào

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

鞘 qiào

Contains the radical

革 gé

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

leather

Etymology of 鞘 qiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰革肖

Semantic compound

革 gé

Phonetic compound

肖 Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 革 gé represents the meaning and 肖 Xiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 鞘 qiào

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阳光 yángguāng 把 bǎ 出鞘 chū qiào 的 de 剑 jiàn 照得 zhào dé 闪闪 shǎn shǎn 发亮 fā liàng .

The sun gleamed on naked swords.

他 tā 现在 xiànzài 坐 Zuò 在 zài 那里 nà li 时 shí ,面前 miàn qián 总是 zǒngshì 放着一 yī 把出鞘 qiào 的 de 弯刀.

He sits with a drawn cutlass.

马刀 mǎ dāo 在 zài 刀鞘 dāo qiào 里 lǐ 咔嗒 kā dā 作响，骑手 qí shǒu 催 cuī 马向前。

Sabres rasped from scabbards and the horsemen spurred forward.

把 bǎ 你们 nǐ men 的 de 剑 jiàn 插 chā 到 dào 鞘里！

Sheathe your swords!

匕首 bǐ shǒu 牢牢地卡 kǎ 在 zài 银质刀鞘 dāo qiào 中 Zhōng 。

The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard.

Words with 鞘 qiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鞘 qiào scabbard鞘 qiào
出鞘 chū qiào (of a sword etc) to unsheath出鞘 chū qiào
刀鞘 dāo qiào scabbard刀鞘 dāo qiào
髓鞘 suǐ qiào myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)髓鞘 suǐ qiào
海鞘 hǎi qiào Ascidiacea海鞘 hǎi qiào
腱鞘 jiàn qiào epitendon腱鞘 jiàn qiào
腱鞘炎 jiàn qiào yán tenosynovitis (medicine)腱鞘炎 jiàn qiào yán
胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào
鞘翅目 qiào chì mù Coleoptera (insect order including beetles)鞘翅目 qiào chì mù
鞘翅 qiào chì elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)鞘翅 qiào chì
鞘脂 qiào zhī sphingolipid鞘脂 qiào zhī

鞘 qiào Decomposition & Compounds

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