Dictionary/削

削

削 xiāo

ㄒㄧㄠ
VHSK 7-9
1to peel with a knife
2to pare
3to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

Characters

Examples

qǐng请bǎ把mǎ líng shǔ马铃薯de的pí皮xiāo削diào掉。
请把马铃薯的皮削掉。
Please scrape the skin off the potatoes.
他给她的苹果削皮。
He peels her apple.
他给自己的苹果削皮。
He peels his apple.

See also: words & characters pronounced xiāo