piáo
noun #32,201

Measure Word

一把

Meanings

  1. 1 dipper
  2. 2 ladle (made from a gourd)
  3. 3 gourd

Examples

Tā yòng piáo cóng shuǐgāng lǐ yǎo shuǐ.
She used a dipper to scoop water from the jar.
Wàimiàn xiàzhe piáopō dàyǔ.
It's pouring rain outside (literally 'rain like dumped from a gourd ladle').

Tips

memory
A is the wooden dipper traditionally made by halving and drying a 葫芦 (gourd). The radical (melon / gourd) on the right makes the origin obvious. Famous in — Confucius praising Yan Hui for living happily on 'one basket of rice and one gourd of water.'

Stroke Order

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