xuē
Radical 18 · 9 strokes

to reduce

HSK 7 (3.0)4 meanings#22993
MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to reduce

    • He cut the budget.

  2. verb

    to pare

    • Please peel the apple for me.

  3. verb

    to remove

    • He peeled an apple.

  4. verb

    Taiwan pr. [xue4]

COLLOCATIONS4 collocations
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Use a knife to scrape and gradually thin down an object, like planing off thin layers one by one.

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