剥 meaning in English

bāo

to peel; to skin

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 剝10 strokes

Meaning of 剥

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bāo
  1. to peel
  2. to skin
  3. to shell
  4. to shuck
bō
  1. to peel
  2. to skin
  3. to flay
  4. to shuck

剥 in example sentences

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

我wǒ给gěi你nǐ剥bō橙chéng子zi。
I'll peel an orange for you.
查chá尔ěr斯sī剥bō开kāi了le你nǐ的de香xiāng蕉jiāo。
Charles peels your banana.
这zhè项xiàng法fǎ律lǜ会huì剥bō夺duó我wǒ们men的de基jī本běn权quán利lì。
This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
胎tāi盘pán早zǎo剥bō很hěn危wēi险xiǎn。
Early removal of the placenta is very dangerous.
我wǒ在zài我wǒ的de行xíng李lǐ上shàng附fù上shàng了le有yǒu我wǒ名míng字zì的de标biāo签qiān, 但dàn是shì它tā很hěn快kuài就jiù剥bō落luò了le。
I attached my name-tag to my baggage, but it soon came off.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

剥 bāo · to peel · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 剥.

剥夺bōduóto deprive; to expropriate
剥削bōxuēto exploit; exploitation
剥离bōlíto peel; to strip
剥皮bāopíto skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals

Questions about 剥

What does 剥 mean?

剥 (bāo) means "to peel; to skin" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 剥?

剥 is made of 1 character: 剥 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 剥 an HSK word?

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

How is 剥 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 剥 is written 剝.