削 xiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 肖 to resemble, to look like 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
削
xiāo
to pare; to whittle; to shave
Character
Example phrases
- 他把苹果皮削得很薄，几乎没有浪费果肉。 Tā bǎ píngguǒ pí xiāo de hěn báo, jīhū méiyǒu làngfèi guǒròu. He pared the apple skin very thinly, wasting almost none of the flesh.
- 请帮我把这个梨削一下皮。 Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè ge lí xiāo yíxià pí. Please peel this pear for me.
- 爷爷用小刀把木棍削尖了。 Yéye yòng xiǎodāo bǎ mùgùn xiāo jiān le. Grandpa sharpened the stick with a small knife.
Related words
- 剥削 bōxuē to exploit
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 削弱 xuēruò to weaken
- 砸 zá to smash; to ruin
- 梳理 shūlǐ to comb through; to sort out; to organise
- 拽 zhuài to drag; to pull forcibly
- 梳 shū to comb
- 摊 tān to spread out; stall; to share out
- 掀起 xiānqǐ to lift; to raise; to stir up
- 挽 wǎn to roll up; to hold by the arm; to pull back
- 掀 xiān to lift; to raise; to stir up
- 投掷 tóuzhì throw; hurl