削

to pare, to scrape, to trim; to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc); to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]

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Pinyin
xuē, xiāo

Parts

Words with 削

  1. 切削qiē xiāo · qiexiaoto cut; cutting; machining
  2. 削价xuē jià · xuejiato cut down the price
  3. 削尖xiāo jiān · xiaojianto sharpen
  4. 削弱xuē ruò · xueruoto weaken; to impair; to cripple
  5. 削波xuē bō · xueboclipping (signal processing)
  6. 削减xuē jiǎn · xuejianto cut down; to reduce; to lower
  7. 削球xiāo qiú · xiaoqiu(sport) to chop; to cut
  8. 削瘦xuē shòu · xueshouthin; lean; slender
  9. 削籍xuē jí · xueji(of an official) dismissal from office (old)
  10. 削职xuē zhí · xuezhidemotion; to have one's job cut
  11. 削除xuē chú · xuechuto remove; to eliminate; to delete
  12. 削发xuē fà · xuefato shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure
  13. 剥削bō xuē · boxueto exploit; exploitation
  14. 减削jiǎn xuē · jianxueto reduce; to cut down
  15. 瘦削shòu xuē · shouxueslim
  16. 陡削dǒu xiāo · douxiaoprecipitous
  17. 刀削面dāo xiāo miàn · daoxiaomianknife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
  18. 削铅笔xiāo qiān bǐ · xiaoqianbito sharpen a pencil
  19. 剥削者bō xuē zhě · boxuezheexploiter (of labor)
  20. 下旋削球xià xuán xiāo qiú · xiaxuanxiaoqiu(golf, tennis) undercut
  21. 削职为民xuē zhí wéi mín · xuezhiweimindemotion to commoner (idiom)
  22. 削足适履xuē zú shì lǚ · xuezushiluto cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); impractical or inelegant solution
  23. 削铅笔机xiāo qiān bǐ jī · xiaoqianbijipencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)
  24. 剥削阶级bō xuē jiē jí · boxuejiejiexploiting class (in Marxist theory)
  25. 被剥削者bèi bō xuē zhě · beiboxuezheperson suffering exploitation; the workers in Marxist theory

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