páo

HSK 7–9

刨 (páo) is a Chinese word meaning “to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude”.

Meanings

  1. 1to dig
  2. 2to excavate
  3. 3(coll.) to exclude
  4. 4not to count
  5. 5to deduct
  6. 6to subtract
Part of speech
verb

Related words

刨carpenter's plane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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