bào

刨 (bào) is a Chinese word meaning “carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off”.

Meanings

  1. 1carpenter's plane
  2. 2to plane (woodwork)
  3. 3to shave off
  4. 4to peel (with a potato peeler etc)

Related words

刨to dig刨variant of 刨[bao4]刨根问底to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth刨冰shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage刨子plane刨床planer刨丝器grater刨刀planing tool刨工planing刨根lit. to dig up the root刨根儿erhua variant of 刨根[pao2 gen1]刨程planing length

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