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嫖

piáo

Character

What 嫖 means

1. to visit a prostitute

Example sentences

• 严禁卖淫嫖娼，赌博，吸毒，酗酒滋事等违法犯罪活动！
  Yánjìn màiyín piáochāng, dǔbó, xīdú, xùjiǔzīshì děng wéifǎ fànzuì huódòng!
  Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

Words starting with 嫖

• 嫖娼piáo chāngto visit prostitutes; to go whoring
• 嫖客piáo kèpatron of a brothel
• 嫖妓piáo jìto visit a prostitute
• 嫖宿piáo sùto spend the night at a brothel
• 嫖资piáo zīprostitute's fee for service

Words containing 嫖

• 抓嫖zhuā piáo(of the police) to hunt prostitutes and their clients
• 招嫖zhāo piáo(of a sex worker) to solicit customers
• 白嫖bái piáoto visit a prostitute without paying; (slang) to consume a service without paying
• 吃喝嫖赌chī hē piáo dǔ(lit.) to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom)…

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
• 瓢piáodipper; ladle
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
• 缥piāoused in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Characters that look like 嫖

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

• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 殡bìna funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
• 媾gòuto marry; to copulate
• 嫦chángused in 嫦娥; used in female given names
• 缥piāoused in 缥渺; Taiwan pr. piǎo
• 骠piàowhite horse

Sounds the same

Read piáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瓢dipper; ladle
• 朴surname Piao; Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak); also pr. Pú