膘 (biāo) — fat layer on livestock; animal fat (specifically subcutaneous fat)
Definition
膘 (biāo) specifically refers to the layer of subcutaneous fat on livestock and farm animals — not body weight in general (体重) and not fat as a food category (脂肪/油脂).
noun
fat layer on livestockanimal fat (specifically subcutaneous fat)
Easily confused
- 嘌piàolook-alike(literary) fast, speedy
- 标biāosound-aliketo mark, to label, to indicate
- 瞟piǎolook-aliketo glance sidelong at, to cast a sidelong look
- 飙biāosound-alike(literary) strong wind; gale
- 嫖piáolook-aliketo visit prostitutes, to solicit a prostitute
- 勺biāosound-alike(classifier) centiliter (unit of volume), abbreviated from 公勺
Examples
- 膘，。Zhè zhī zhū de biāo hěn hòu, shuō míng yǎng dé hěn hǎo.This pig's fat layer is thick, showing it was raised well.
- 膘。Nóng hù men tōng guò tiáo zhěng sì liào lái zēng jiā shēng chù de biāo.Farmers adjust feed to increase the fat on livestock.
- ，膘。Shàng hǎo de wǔ huā ròu jiǎng jiu féi shòu xiāng jiàn, biāo yào jūn yún.Good streaky pork requires a proper balance of lean and fat, with the fat layer even.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
膘 combines 肉, meaning flesh or meat, with 票, which gives the sound.
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