鳖
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softshell turtle
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Dict coverage rank #2,806 U+9CD6
How 鳖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鱼 (semantic, “fish”) + 敝 (phonetic, bì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敝
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敝 (bì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敝 sound component | bì | to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered |
| 蔽 | bì | to cover, to hide, to shelter |
| 撇 | piě | to abandon, to discard |
| 憋 | biē | to stifle, to restrain, to choke; to suppress one's inner feelings |
| 瞥 | piē | to take a fleeting glance at |
Words containing 鳖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龟笑鳖无尾 | guī xiào biē wú wěi | lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom); fig. the pot… |
| 木鳖果 | mù biē guǒ | gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis) |
| 山瑞鳖 | shān ruì biē | wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri) |
| 瓮中之鳖 | wèng zhōng zhī biē | lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom) |
| 地鳖 | dì biē | Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM |
| 马鳖 | mǎ biē | leech |
| 番木鳖碱 | fān mù biē jiǎn | strychnine (C21H22N2O2) |
| 土鳖 | tǔ biē | ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has ne… |
| 鳖边 | biē biān | (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace |
| 鳖甲 | biē jiǎ | turtle shell |
| 斑鳖 | bān biē | Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species |
| 瓮中捉鳖 | wèng zhōng zhuō biē | (lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey |
| 鳖裙 | biē qún | the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace |