刮胡子

刮鬍子

guāhúzi

verb

Meanings

Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu guā húzi.

He shaves every morning.

Jǐ tiān méi guā húzi, kàn qǐlái hěn lāta.

He hasn't shaved in a few days and looks scruffy.

Yòng diàndòng tìxūdāo guā húzi bǐjiào fāngbiàn.

Using an electric razor to shave is more convenient.

usage

Common everyday synonym: 剃须 (tìxū, more formal/written). 刮胡子 is colloquial. Separable verb — you can say 刮了胡子, 刮完胡子, 胡子还没刮.

memory

刮 (to scrape) + 胡子 (beard) — literally 'scrape the beard.' The same 刮 appears in 刮风 (to blow a wind), because wind 'scrapes' across surfaces.

刮 guā

胡 hú

子 zǐ