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膘

biāo

Character

What 膘 means

1. (usu. of livestock) fat

Other readings

膘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• biāovariant of {膘|biāo}

Words starting with 膘

• 膘肥biāo féi(of a stock animal) well-fed; fat
• 膘肥体壮biāo féi tǐ zhuàng(of a livestock animal) plump and strong; well-fed

Words containing 膘

• 上膘shàng biāo(of livestock) to fatten up; to put on weight
• 催膘cuī biāoto feed livestock with highly nutritional food in order to fatten them up in a short time
• 掉膘diào biāoto lose weight (of cattle)
• 肥膘féi biāobody fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin…
• 蹲膘dūn biāoto fatten cattle in a shed; to become fat
• 贴秋膘tiē qiū biāoto gain weight in the fall (to prepare for winter)

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

Sounds the same

Read biāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 标mark; sign; label
• 镖dart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
• 飙(literary) very strong wind; gale; (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
• 彪(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored…
• 镳bit (of a bridle); variant of 镖
• 杓(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective name for the three stars…
• 猋whirlwind
• 摽(literary) to wave away; to discard
• 飑whirlwind
• 儦walking to and fro
• 熛blaze; flame flaring
• 滮flowing of water