剝 (mok1) — peel; shell; skin; strip; hull; husk in Cantonese
mokˉ¹剝简 剥
Mandarin Pinyin: bao1
Meaning of 剝
nounpeel; shell; skin; strip; hull; husk
nounto strip or remove/to exploit
Example Sentences with 剝
bok˗₃剝maaiˎ₄埋go˗₃個caangˎ₄橙hok3.殼。
Peel the orange shell too.
faai˗₃快diˉ¹啲bok˗₃剝hok3.殻。
Hurry up and peel the shell.
boˉ¹剝zoˊ²咗lapˉ¹粒tauˎ₄頭ngaa4.牙。
I extracted a front tooth.
baak˗₃剝maaiˎ₄埋diˉ¹啲gwaaˉ¹瓜zi2.籽。
Shell some melon seeds.
keoiˏ₅佢bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我but˗₃剝maaiˎ₄埋go˗₃個ngok6.萼。
He helped me peel off the calyx.
Words Containing 剝
剝奪人權的mok1 dyut6 jan4 kyun4 dik1
proscriptive
剝清mok1 cing1
naked, nude
剝光mok1 gwong1
to strip naked, denude, unclothe
剝殼mok1 hok3
to remove the shell
剝奪mok1 dyut6
strip (of)
抽絲剝繭cau1 si1 mok1 gaan2
painstakingly get to the bottom of sth; a meticulous investigation into sth.
剝衫mok1 saam1
undress
剝削mok1 soek3
to exploit
剝花生mok1 faa1 sang1
being the outsider; to be a third wheel; rubbernecking; to be an onlooker
剝皮牛1 mok1 pei4 ngau4
thamnaconus; filefish
剝奪冠軍mok1 dyut6 gun3 gwan1
to strip someone of his championship medal
剝皮mok1 pei4
to peel; to skin; to flay (as in an execution by flaying); to skin alive
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