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剥

剝
bāo
verb HSK 7 #5,457

Meanings

  1. 1 to peel; to shell; to skin

Examples

帮我剥几个鸡蛋。
Bāng wǒ bāo jǐ ge jīdàn.
Help me peel a few eggs.
她在剥花生。
Tā zài bāo huāshēng.
She's shelling peanuts.
这个橘子很好剥。
Zhège júzi hěn hǎo bāo.
This tangerine is easy to peel.

Tips

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剥 has two pronunciations: bāo (colloquial, for peeling by hand — eggs, fruit, peanuts) and bō (literary/formal, as in 剥削 bōxuē 'to exploit' or 剥夺 bōduó 'to deprive'). In daily life you'll almost always hear bāo.

Stroke Order

剥 bāo