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削 (soek3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

削 (soek3, xuē) — (Cantonese); cut; chop; weak (physical); incapable; to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xuè]; to peel; to trim; to scrape off; to cut (the ball); describes food which is of a soft but slightly elastic texture

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 削仔 (soek3 zai2) — a weak or thin male
• 削地 (soek3 dei6) — (king) to slash or reduce size of vassal's fief
• 削坺坺 (soek3 paat6 paat6) — watery with lumps (food)
• 削平 (soek3 ping4) — bevelment
• 削價 (soek3 gaa3) — to cut down the price
• 削尖 (soek3 zim1) — to sharpen

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