Peel the apple.
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削
xiāo
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
xiāo · soek3 (Jyutping)
- to peel with a knife
- to pare
- to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
xuē · soek3 (Jyutping)
- to pare
- to reduce
- to remove
- Taiwan pr. [xue4]
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Character breakdown
削
- Meaning
- scrape off, pare, trim
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰肖刂
- Cangjie
- FBLN
- Four-corner
- 9220.0
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Example sentences
Peel the apples.
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