螃 páng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
螃蟹
pángxiè
crab
Characters in this word
蟹 xiè
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 虫 — insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 海岸湿地的恢复，使螃蟹和候鸟的数量都明显回升。 Hǎi'àn shīdì de huīfù, shǐ pángxiè hé hòuniǎo de shùliàng dōu míngxiǎn huíshēng. The restoration of the coastal wetlands caused the numbers of crabs and migratory birds to rise markedly.
- 秋天是吃螃蟹最好的季节。 Qiūtiān shì chī pángxiè zuì hǎo de jìjié. Autumn is the best season for eating crab.
- 一只小螃蟹横着爬过沙滩。 Yī zhī xiǎo pángxiè héngzhe pá guò shātān. A little crab scuttled sideways across the beach.