Chinese Word: 螵 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

螵

Pinyin: piāo

English Definition: nest of eggs of mantis

Chinese Definition:
①(螵蛸)螳螂的卵块，产在桑树上的称“桑螵蛸”，可入药。
②(海螵蛸)鸟贼鱼体内的骨状硬壳，可入药。

Total strokes: 17; Radical: 虫

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

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 票 [ piào ] bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

Similar Characters: 熛

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	螵蛸	piāo xiāo	egg case of a praying mantis (used in TCM); cuttlebone
	海螵蛸	hǎi piāo xiāo	cuttlebone (used in TCM)

1		wèi shén me 为甚么 shì 是 nǚ ren 女人 dǔ 睹 gào 告 nà 那 hàn 汉 zōng 鬃 piāo 螵 shèn zhòng 慎重？ Why is the woman telling the man to be careful?
2		hàn 汉 zōng 鬃 piāo 螵 huā 花 miǎn 缅 fēn 分 cái 才 huì 会 shí 实 zhèng 正 ài shàng 爱上 tā men 他们 de 的 nǚ ren 女人。 It takes time for men to love their women.
3		xiǎo shí hou 小时候， zhǐ yào 只要 yī 一 yǒu 有 jī huì 机会， wǒ 我 jiù 就 dān dú 单独 zǒu kāi 走开， zhǎo 找 yī 一 xiǎo 小 piàn 片 tái xiǎn 苔藓， zuò 坐 zài 在 shàng miàn 上面； yī 一 zhěng gè 整个 xià wǔ 下午 guān kàn 观看 piāo 螵 chóng 虫， huò zhě 或者 zhāi xià 摘下 huā ér 花儿， bǎ 把 tā 它 róu 揉 suì 碎。 As a child I would wander off alone whenever I got the chance, to find a patch of moss to sit on and spend the afternoon watching ladybirds and picking flowers to press.