刨
bàopáo HSK7

carpenter's plane

刨 bào frequency
plane verb
a carpenter's tool used for smoothing or shaping wood

这把老式木工刨是我爷爷留下的，非常有纪念意义。

zhè bǎ lǎo​shì mù​gōng bào shì wǒ yé​ye liú​xià de, fēi​cháng yǒu jì​niàn yì​yì.

This vintage woodworking plane was left by my grandfather and has great sentimental value.

plane or peel verb
to smooth a wood surface with a plane, or to shave off layers and peel using a tool

师傅正熟练地刨着木板，地上堆满了薄薄的木屑。

shī​fu zhèng shú​liàn de bào zhe mù​bǎn, dì​shang duī​mǎn le báo báo de mù​xiè.

The master was skillfully planing the wooden boards, with thin wood shavings piled on the ground.

刨 páo
dig verb
to dig or excavate soil, a hole, or minerals

他在院子里刨了一个坑。

tā zài yuàn​zi lǐ páo le yī gè kēng.

He dug a hole in the yard.

exclude verb
to exclude, deduct, or subtract from a total sum or amount

刨去开销，剩下的钱不多了。

páo qù kāi​xiāo, shèng​xià de qián bù duō le.

After deducting expenses, there isn't much money left.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,623rd most common 4.59 per million
Movie subtitles
3,332nd most common 1.96 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.31 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.60 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5228

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