刮削

刮削

Chinese

		to scrape; to blow	to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
simp. and trad. (刮削)		刮	削

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāxuē, guāxuè, guāxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat³ soek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāxuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guashiue
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guashiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guashiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaat³ soek³
    • Yale: gwaat seuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat⁸ soek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guad³ sêg³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷäːt̚³ sœ̽ːk̚³/

Verb

刮削

1. to scrape (off)
2. (figuratively) to extort; to exploit; to embezzle