剥夺 meaning in English

bōduó

to deprive; to expropriate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 剝奪16 strokes

Meaning of 剥夺

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bōduó
  1. to deprive
  2. to expropriate
  3. to strip (sb of his property)

剥夺 in example sentences

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

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.
没méi有yǒu人rén能néng剥bō夺duó你nǐ的de人rén权quán。
No one can deprive of your human rights.

Stroke order for each character

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剥 bāo · to peel · 10 strokes

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夺 duó · to seize · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 剥夺.

夺取duóqǔto seize; to capture
争夺zhēngduóto fight over; to contest
掠夺lüèduóto plunder; to rob
剥削bōxuēto exploit; exploitation
夺冠duóguànto seize the crown; fig. to win a championship
抢夺qiǎngduóto plunder; to pillage
夺魁duókuíto win the championship; to take first place
争分夺秒zhēngfēn-duómiǎolit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
夺走duózǒuto snatch away
夺回duóhuíto take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back
夺得duódéto take (after a struggle); to wrest
掠夺者lüèduózhěrobber; plunderer

Questions about 剥夺

What does 剥夺 mean?

剥夺 (bōduó) means "to deprive; to expropriate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 剥夺?

剥夺 is made of 2 characters: 剥 (10 strokes), 夺 (6 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 剥夺 an HSK word?

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

How is 剥夺 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 剥夺 is written 剝奪.