削

qiào

Original form of 鞘 (qiào, “sword sheath”).

Wiktionary

Homographs

削 xiāo
  1. to peel with a knife
  2. to pare
  3. to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
削 xuē
  1. to pare
  2. to reduce
  3. to remove
  4. Taiwan pr. xuè
削 shào

Examples

將蘋果削皮。

Peel the apples.

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我給蘋果削皮。

I peeled an apple.

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幫我削一下土豆。

Help me peel the potatoes.

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湯姆將蘋果削皮。

Tom peeled the apples.

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他給她的蘋果削皮。

He peels her apple.

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Containing this entry

削麵 xiāomiàn
削尖 xuējiān
削筆刀 xiāobǐdāo
銑削 xǐxiāo
削壁 xuēbì
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