Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- piáo
English
- ladle made from dried gourd
- dipper
- ladle
As a component in
Words containing 瓢
- 瓢蟲piu1 cung4
ladybug
- 瓢潑piu4 put3
(of rain) pouring
- 禿瓢tuk1 piu4
bald head (colloquial)
- 開瓢hoi1 piu4
(coll.) to crack sb's head open (often humorous)
- 嘴瓢zeoi2 piu4
(coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak
- 瓢羹piu4 gang1
(dialect) spoon
- 瓢潑大雨piu4 put3 daai6 jyu5
downpour (idiom)
- 瓢潑而下piu4 put3 ji4 haa6
(of rain) to fall heavily
- 腦瓢兒nou5 piu4 ji4
top of the head
- 照葫蘆畫瓢ziu3 wu4 lou4 waak6 piu4
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- 七星瓢蟲cat1 sing1 piu4 cung4
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
- 鍋碗瓢盆wo1 wun2 piu4 pun4
kitchen utensils (literary)
- 簞食瓢飲daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2
Live in poverty
- 疏水簞瓢so1 seoi2 daan1 piu4
little water and few utensils
- 依葫蘆畫瓢ji1 wu4 lou4 waak6 piu4
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
- 茄二十八星瓢蟲ke2 ji6 sap6 baat3 sing1 piu4 cung4
28-spotted ladybird
- 按下葫蘆浮起瓢on3 haa6 wu4 lou4 fau4 hei2 piu4
solve one problem only to find another cropping up