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刮 guā

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刮 guā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guā | gua1
English translation
to scrape
to blow
to shave
to plunder
to extort
to blow (of the wind)
to shave; to scrape; to blow

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About 刮 guā

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

刮 guā

Contains the radical

刂 dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

Etymology of 刮 guā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰舌刂

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Phonetic compound

舌 shé

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 舌 shé represents the sound. Simplified form of 颳 guā .

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Example sentences using 刮 guā

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风 fēng 刮 guā 得 dé 阴冷 yīn lěng 如 rú 冬 dōng —— 四 sì 周 Zhōu 是 shì 一 yī 片 piān 凄凉 qīliáng .

The wind blew bleak as winter - all round was solitary.

你 nǐ 早上 zǎoshang 刮 guā 胡子 hú zi 时 shí 一定 yīdìng 刮 guā 破 pò 了 le .

You must have cut yourself when shaving this morning.

船 chuán 被 bèi 暴风 bào fēng 刮 guā 翻 fān 了 le .

The boat was blown over by a squall.

铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng 刮 guā 破 pò 了 le 她 tā 的 de 手臂 shǒu bì .

The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.

桌上的 de 报纸 bàozhǐ 叫风给 gěi 刮 guā 跑 páo 了 le .

The newspaper blew off the table.

Words with 刮 guā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
刮 guā to scrape刮 guā
刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn
搜刮 sōu guā to plunder搜刮 sōu guā
刮风 guāfēng to be windy颳風
刮痧 guā shā gua sha (technique in TCM)刮痧 guā shā
刮脸 guā liǎn to shave one's face刮臉
刮胡子 guā hú zi to shave刮鬍子
刮刀 guā dāo spatula刮刀 guā dāo
刮胡刀 guā hú dāo razor刮鬍刀
刮伤 guā shāng scratch (wound)刮傷
耳刮子 ěr guā zi a cuff耳刮子 ěr guā zi
搜肠刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution搜腸刮肚
刮目相待 guā mù xiāng dài to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth刮目相待 guā mù xiāng dài
刮刮叫 guā guā jiào excellent刮刮叫 guā guā jiào
顶刮刮 dǐng guā guā tip-top頂颳颳

刮 guā Decomposition & Compounds

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刮 guā Decomposition

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