削皮刀

xiāopídāo

noun

Measure Word

一把削皮刀 bǎ

Meanings

1 peeler
2 vegetable peeler
3 paring knife

Characters

Examples

用削皮刀去土豆皮快多了。

Yòng xiāopídāo qù tǔdòu pí kuài duō le.

It's much faster to peel potatoes with a peeler.

这把削皮刀两面都能削。

Zhè bǎ xiāopídāo liǎng miàn dōu néng xiāo.

This peeler cuts in both directions.

Tips

mistakes

In 削皮 the verb 削 is read xiāo (colloquial reading for peeling/whittling), not xuē (literary reading, used in compounds like 削减 xuējiǎn 'to reduce'). Both readings exist for the same character.

Stroke Order

削 xiāo

皮 pí

刀 dāo