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刨 (paau4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

刨 (paau4, páo) — (noun) 1. (of pencil) sharpener; 2. (of fruit) peeler; 3. (of hair) shaver; (verb) 1. (of fruit) to peel off (skin); 2. (of student) read; study hard; to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract; to plane down; to shave; to study very hard; to swot

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 刨冬瓜 (paau4 dung1 gwaa1) — speak Mandarin Chinese in Cantonese accent
• 刨書 (paau4 syu1) — to study hard
• 刨冰 (paau4 bing1) — shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage
• 刨刀 (paau4 dou1) — planing tool
• 刨子 (paau4 zi2) — plane
• 刨工 (paau4 gung1) — planing; planing machine operator; planer

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