刨花

bàohuā

noun

Meanings

1 wood shavings

Characters

to plane (wood)

flower (the curled shavings)

Examples

HSK 7-9

木匠刨木头的时候，地上落满了刨花。

Mùjiang bào mùtou de shíhou, dìshang luòmǎn le bàohuā.

While the carpenter planes the wood, the floor fills up with shavings.

HSK 7-9

这些刨花可以用来生火，也可以用来包装易碎的东西。

Zhèxiē bàohuā kěyǐ yònglái shēnghuǒ, yě kěyǐ yònglái bāozhuāng yìsuì de dōngxi.

These shavings can be used to light a fire or to pack fragile things.

Tips

mistakes

刨 is read bào here, the carpenter's reading: 刨子 'a plane', 刨冰 'shaved ice'. The other reading, páo, means to dig, as in 刨土 'to dig up soil'. The shavings curl like petals, hence 花 'flower'.

Stroke Order

刨 páo

花 huā