Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
锹
qiāo
Description
锹是一种工具，人们用它来挖土。
在花园或工地上，我们常常看到有人拿着锹干活。
Meanings
锹qiāo
a spade; a shovel
他用锹挖了一个大坑。
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Notes
- Nuance
铁锹 (tiěqiāo) is the more common full word; 锹 alone is rarely used by itself.
- Etymology
the 钅 (metal) radical marks it as a metal tool.
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