Chinese Word: 锹 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

锹 (Trad.: 鍬)

Pinyin: qiāo

English Definition: shovel; spade

Chinese Definition:
①挖土或铲其他东西的器具。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 金

Pictophonetic:秋 indicates the sound; 钅 (metal) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 愀

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铁锹	tiě qiāo	spade; shovel
锹形虫	qiāo xíng chóng	stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
扁锹形虫	biǎn qiāo xíng chóng	giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)

1		tā yòng 他用 qiāo 锹 wā 挖 de 地。 He dug the ground with a spade.
2		wǒ 我 káng zhe 扛着 qiāo 锹 wěi suí 尾随 zài 在 hòu miàn 后面。 I trailed behind, carrying the shovels.
3		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 ná qǐ 拿起 le 了 qiāo 锹， shéi 谁 dōu 都 bù 不 gǎn 敢 zhǐ 只 yì shēng 一声。 We all went back to our shovels, no one daring to say a word.
4		rán ér 然而， jǐ 几 qiāo 锹 tǔ 土 xià qù 下去 zhī hòu 之后， lǘ zi 驴子 píng jìng 平静 le 了 xià lai 下来。 Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely.
5		zài 在 “ yè luò guī gēn 叶落归根 “ zhōng 中 yǒu 有 qiāo 锹 “ , yòng lái 用来 mái cáng 埋藏 zhè 这 duì 对 fū fù 夫妇 de 的 xiǎo hái 小孩 de 的。 There's the spade in "Home Burial," the spade that's used to bury the couple's little child.

1		tā yòng 他用 qiāo 锹 wā 挖 de 地。 He dug the ground with a spade.
2		wǒ 我 káng zhe 扛着 qiāo 锹 wěi suí 尾随 zài 在 hòu miàn 后面。 I trailed behind, carrying the shovels.
3		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 ná qǐ 拿起 le 了 qiāo 锹， shéi 谁 dōu 都 bù 不 gǎn 敢 zhǐ 只 yì shēng 一声。 We all went back to our shovels, no one daring to say a word.
4		rán ér 然而， jǐ 几 qiāo 锹 tǔ 土 xià qù 下去 zhī hòu 之后， lǘ zi 驴子 píng jìng 平静 le 了 xià lai 下来。 Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely.
5		zài 在 “ yè luò guī gēn 叶落归根 “ zhōng 中 yǒu 有 qiāo 锹 “ , yòng lái 用来 mái cáng 埋藏 zhè 这 duì 对 fū fù 夫妇 de 的 xiǎo hái 小孩 de 的。 There's the spade in "Home Burial," the spade that's used to bury the couple's little child.