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瞟

piǎo

Character

What 瞟 means

1. to cast a glance

Example sentences

• 她很快地瞟了一眼报纸。
  Tā hěn kuài de piǎo le yīyǎn bàozhǐ.
  She glanced briefly at the newspaper.

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
• 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 瞟

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

• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 瞒mánto conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 孺rúchild
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read piǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 漂to bleach
• 殍(literary) to die of starvation
• 皫white
• 缥(literary) light blue; (literary) light blue silk fabric
• 莩variant of 殍