剾削

Chinese

			to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down) to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
trad. (剾削)		剾	削
simp. (𠛅削)		𠛅	削
alternative forms		摳削／抠削

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau-siah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau-siah
    • Tâi-lô: khau-siah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qausiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³ siaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ siaʔ³²/

Verb

剾削

1. (Southern Min) to scrape (off)
2. (Southern Min, figurative) to extort; to exploit; to embezzle

Synonyms

• 刮削 (guāxuē)