Chinese Word: 螃 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

螃

Pinyin: páng

English Definition: crab

Chinese Definition:
①(螃蟹)见“蟹”。

Total strokes: 16; Radical: 虫

Pictophonetic:旁 indicates the sound; 虫 (insect) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

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- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 旁 [ páng ] side; beside, close, nearby

Similar Characters: 嵭

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	螃蟹	páng xiè	crab; Classifiers: 只
	螃蠏	páng xiè	variant of 螃蟹 [pang2 xie4]

1		xīn 新 fǎ lǜ 法律 xiàn zhì 限制 le 了 gāi 该 dì qū 地区 bǔ 捕 páng 螃 de 的 shí jié 时节。 The new law has capped the crabbing season in our area.
2		xiǎo kē dǒu 小蝌蚪 yī 一 shǔ 数， páng 螃 fù yǒu 富有 bā 八 tiáo 条 tuǐ 腿， jiù 就 bù hǎo yì si 不好意思 de 地 shuō 说： “ duì bu qǐ 对不起 ya 呀， wǒ men 我们 rèn cuò 认错 le 了。 ” Tadpole a number of wealthy eight crab legs, they embarrassed, said: "I'm sorry Yeah, we are mistaken."

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