noun

Measure Word

tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 culter (cyprinid fish of genera Culter and Erythroculter)
  2. 2 predatory carp

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bó shì Tài hú liúyù zhòngyào de jīngjì yúlèi.
Culter is an important economic fish in the Tai Lake basin.
HSK 7-9
Qiáo zuǐ bó yīn zuǐba shàng qiào ér démíng.
The topmouth culter is named for its upturned mouth.

Tips

usage
A slender, silver-scaled predatory carp. Often appears in compound names: 翘嘴鲌 (topmouth culter), 红鳍鲌 (redfin culter).

Components

radical
fish
Fish radical on the left marks as a fish species - specifically the culter, a slim silvery freshwater predator. The same radical anchors hundreds of species names like , , , all visually depicting a stylised fish.
phonetic
bái
white
Right side supplies both sound and a faint semantic hint: bái drifting to bó (vowel shift) and the silvery, pale belly of the culter matches 's whiteness. Anglers know this fish for its bright, almost mirror-like flank.

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