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嘌

piào

Character

What 嘌 means

1. literaryfast
2. speedy
3. used in {嘌呤|piào lìng}
4. Taiwan pr. piāo

Words starting with 嘌

• 嘌呤piào lìngpurine (loanword)

Words containing 嘌

• 腺嘌呤xiàn piào lìngadenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
• 鸟嘌呤niǎo piào lìngguanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
• 黄嘌呤huáng piào lìngxanthine
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

Characters built on 票

These share the phonetic component 票 (piào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 漂piàoused in 漂亮
• 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous; weak; shaky; wobbly
• 镖biāodart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
• 嫖piáoto visit a prostitute
• 瓢piáodipper; ladle
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
• 缥piāoused in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo

Characters that look like 嘌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 嘿hēihey
• 嗯ēn(a groaning sound)
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 嘧mì(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
• 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously

Sounds the same

Read piào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 漂used in 漂亮
• 票ticket; ballot; banknote
• 骠white horse
• 僄light; airy