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削 meaning in English

xiāo

to peel with a knife; to pare

HSK 7-9verb9 strokes

Meaning of 削

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiāo
  1. to peel with a knife
  2. to pare
  3. to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
xuē
  1. to pare
  2. to reduce
  3. to remove
  4. Taiwan pr. [xue4]

削 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā给gěi她tā的de苹píng果guǒ削xiāo皮pí。
He peels her apple.
汤tāng姆mǔ将jiāng苹píng果guǒ削xiāo皮pí。
Tom peeled the apples.
帮bāng我wǒ削xuē一yī下xià土tǔ豆dòu。
Help me peel the potatoes.
我wǒ给gěi苹píng果guǒ削xiāo皮pí。
I peeled an apple.
将jiāng苹píng果guǒ削xiāo皮pí。
Peel the apple.

Stroke order for each character

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削 xiāo · to peel with a knife · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 削.

削弱xuēruòto weaken; to impair
剥削bōxuēto exploit; exploitation
削减xuējiǎnto cut down; to reduce

Questions about 削

What does 削 mean?

削 (xiāo) means "to peel with a knife; to pare" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 削?

削 is made of 1 character: 削 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 削 an HSK word?

Yes. 削 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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