Chinese Word: 剥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

剥 (Trad.: 剝)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 刀

Pictophonetic:录 indicates the sound; 刂 (knife) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 剝碌绿

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Pinyin: bāo

English Definition:to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck

Chinese Definition:
①去掉外面的皮或其他东西：剥皮。剥花生。

Example Words:

剥皮	bāo pí	to skin; to flay; to excoriate; to peel; to bark at sb; to physically punish sb
抽丝剥茧	chōu sī bāo jiǎn	lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
剜眼剥皮	wān yǎn bāo pí	to take cruel revenge on sb. (said hyperbolically) (idiom)
剥皮钳	bāo pí qián	wire stripper

Pinyin: bō

English Definition:to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck

Chinese Definition:
①义同(一)，用于复合词：剥夺。剥削。剥落。剥蚀。生吞活剥。

Example Words:

剥削HSK 6	bō xuē	to exploit; exploitation
剥夺	bō duó	to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
剥离	bō lí	to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
剥削阶级	bō xuē jiē jí	exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
剥落	bō luò	to peel off