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削

xiāo · xiao/xuē · xue

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Meaning

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xiāo 削

  1. to peel with a knife
  2. to pare
  3. to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

xuē 削

  1. to pare
  2. to reduce
  3. to remove
  4. Taiwan pr. [xuè]

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)在(zài)削(xiāo)芹(qín)菜(cài)和(hé)土(tǔ)豆(dòu)。

I am peeling the celery and the potatoes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by wma · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)用(yòng)小(xiǎo)刀(dāo)削(xiāo)苹(píng)果(guǒ)皮(pí)。

He peels an apple with a small knife.

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