刨 (paau4 paau4*2 | bao4 pao2) : carpenter's plane; peeler; to read

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刨

paau4 paau4*2

bao4 pao2

paau4*2 & bao4
[1] carpenter's plane; planer; planing machine
[2] (fruit) peeler; (hair) shaver; (pencil) sharpener

paau4 & bao4
[1] plane away/down/off; shave
[2] [粵] read (a book) with great efforts

paau4 & pao2
[1] dig; excavate
[2] deduct; exclude; subtract

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

刨

This word has been viewed 5534 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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電鬚刨 din6 sou1 paau4*2 = electric razor 粵

鬚刨 sou1 paau4*2 = razor (for shaving)

鉛筆刨 jyun4 bat1 paau4*2 qian1 bi3 pao2 = pencil sharpener

筆刨 bat1 paau4*2 = short for 鉛筆刨粵

刨冰 paau4 bing1 bao4 bing1 = shaved ice, ice shavings (as a dessert)

刨刀 paau4 dou1 bao4 dao1 = planing tool

刨子 paau4 zi2 bao4 zi5 = (carpenter's) plane

刨工 paau4 gung1 bao4 gong1 = planing; planing machine operator; planer

刨床 paau4 cong4 bao4 chuang2 = a planer; a planing machine

刨根問底 paau4 gan1 man6 dai2 pao2 gen1 wen4 di3 = get to the bottom of things

刨程 paau4 cing4 bao4 cheng2 = planing length

刨花 paau4 faa1 bao4 hua1 = wood shavings

刨齒 paau4 ci2 bao4 chi3 = gear-shaping

龍門刨床 lung4 mun4 paau4 cong4 long2 men2 bao4 chuang2 = [mech.] double housing planer

刨晒 paau4 saai3 = study very hard; crazy about; to be into 粵

刨雪 paau4 syut3 = [馬] shaved ice, ice shavings

刨冬瓜 paau4*2 dung1 gwaa1 = pun on the word Putonghua ( 普通話 ) 粵

刨書 paau4 syu1 pao2 shu1 = to cram 粵

絲瓜刨 si1 gwaa1 paau4*2 si1 gua1 pao2 = fruit peeler 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 刨
Unicode code for this character: U+5228 (off-site link)

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