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piáo = pi + ao2
to visit a prostitute
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How to pronounce 嫖

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

嫖 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
female / woman / daughter
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= ru + Ø3
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
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piào = pi + ao4
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
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Characters with 嫖 as component

嫖 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 嫖

patron of a brothel
to visit prostitutes / to go whoring
to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation

Sentences with 嫖

嫖 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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piáo

to visit a prostitute

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