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  paau4 paau4*2   jyutping
  bao4 pao2   pinyin
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] [] read (a book) with great efforts

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

nounAdditional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: (#18)

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

This word has been viewed 5460 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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detail  din6 sou1 paau4*2   = electric razor
detail  sou1 paau4*2   = razor (for shaving)
detail  jyun4 bat1 paau4*2  qian1 bi3 pao2 = pencil sharpener
detail  bat1 paau4*2   = short for 鉛筆刨
detail  paau4 bing1  bao4 bing1 = shaved ice, ice shavings (as a dessert)
detail  paau4 dou1  bao4 dao1 = planing tool
detail  paau4 zi2  bao4 zi5 = (carpenter's) plane
detail  paau4 gung1  bao4 gong1 = planing; planing machine operator; planer
detail  paau4 cong4  bao4 chuang2 = a planer; a planing machine
detail  paau4 gan1 man6 dai2  pao2 gen1 wen4 di3 = get to the bottom of things
See all 19 compounds (CantoDict reports 20 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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