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刨

páo
verb HSK 7 #18,253

Meanings

  1. 1 to dig; to excavate
  2. 2 to plane (wood)
  3. 3 to exclude; to deduct

Examples

他在地里刨土种菜。
Tā zài dì lǐ páo tǔ zhòng cài.
He's digging in the field to plant vegetables.
刨去成本，利润不多。
Páo qù chéngběn, lìrùn bù duō.
After deducting costs, the profit isn't much.

Tips

mistakes
刨 has two pronunciations: páo (to dig, to deduct) and bào (to plane wood, as in 刨子 bàozi 'a wood plane'). The HSK tests páo, but knowing both is useful.

Stroke Order

刨 páo