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镖

biāo

Character Traditional 鏢

What 镖 means

1. dart-like throwing weapon
2. goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

Example sentences

• 保镖戴着耳机。
  Bǎobiāo dài zhe ěrjī.
  The bodyguard was wearing an earpiece.
• 保镖要求看她的身份证。
  Bǎobiāo yāoqiú kàn tā de shēnfènzhèng.
  The bouncer asked to see her I.D.
• 二、在卡纸上画一个回力镖，然后把回力镖裁剪出来。
  èr, zài kǎzhǐ shàng huà yī gè huí lì biāo, ránhòu bǎ huí lì biāo cáijiǎn chūlái.
  2. Draw a boomerang shape on the card with a pen. Cut out the boomerang you've drawn.

Words starting with 镖

• 镖局biāo jú(old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport
• 镖客biāo kèarmed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)
• 镖枪biāo qiāngvariant of 标枪

Words containing 镖

• 保镖bǎo biāobodyguard
• 梭镖suō biāospear
• 飞镖fēi biāodarts (game); dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead)
• 回力镖huí lì biāoboomerang
• 回旋镖huí xuán biāoboomerang

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
• 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
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Characters that look like 镖

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

• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 镓jiāgallium (chemistry)
• 镌juānto engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read biāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 标mark; sign; label
• 飙(literary) very strong wind; gale; (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
• 彪(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored…
• 膘(usu. of livestock) fat
• 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