削 (soek3) — chop; cut (the ball) in Cantonese
soek˗₃削Mandarin Pinyin: xiao1
Meaning of 削
verbchop; cut (the ball)
verbpare; whittle; peel; scrape
Example Sentences with 削
keoiˏ₅佢baaˊ²把douˉ¹刀sit˗₃削zoˊ²咗
He sharpened the knife.
neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sit˗₃削
Don't be so stingy.
keoiˏ₅佢deoi˗₃對janˎ₄人houˊ²好sit˗₃削
He is stingy with people.
gamˊ²咁joengˍ₆樣houˊ²好sit˗₃削zaa˗₃咋
It's just too stingy like that.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好sit˗₃削gaa˗₃架
He's really stingy, you know.
Words Containing 削
削弱soek3 joek6
to weaken
撇削又pit3 soek3 jau6
Kangxi radical 35 夊
刮削gwaat3 soek3
scrape
薄削bok6 soek3
thin fabric
針鼻削鐵zam1 bei6 soek3 tit3
to make an insignificantly small profit
剝削mok1 soek3
to exploit
削資soek3 zi1
to make funding cuts
削減soek3 gaam2
to cut down; to reduce; to lower
寒削hon4 soek3
Cold and not good for stomach
好削hou2 soek3
a bad performance [colloquial]
切削力cit3 soek3 lik6
Cutting Force
瘦削sau3 soek3
very thin; gaunt; angular
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