擦
cā HSK4

wipe

擦 cā
wipe verb
to wipe, clean, or polish by rubbing

请把桌子擦干净。

qǐng bǎ zhuō​zi cā gān​jìng.

Please wipe the table clean.

apply verb
to apply or spread a substance like lipstick, lotion, or ointment

她在伤口上擦了点药。

tā zài shāng​kǒu shàng cā le diǎn yào.

She applied some medicine to the wound.

brush past verb
to graze, scratch, or brush past something

子弹擦过他的手臂。

zǐ​dàn cā guò tā de shǒu​bì.

The bullet grazed his arm.

shred verb
to shred or grate vegetables using a grater

把萝卜擦成丝。

bǎ luó​bo cā chéng sī.

Grate the radish into strips.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,761st most common 49.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,439th most common 48.3 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
43.7 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
60.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+64E6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)