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刮

guā

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

刮 (guā) is a Chinese word meaning “to scrape”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to scrape
  2. to blow
  3. to shave
  4. to plunder
  5. to extort

Stroke order

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Example

他用刀子把蘋果的皮刮掉。

He scraped the skin off the apple with a knife.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).