bào ㄅㄠˋ paau4 HSK 7-9

  • carpenter's plane
  • to plane (woodwork)
  • to shave off
  • to peel (with a potato peeler etc)

páo ㄆㄠˊ paau4

  • to dig
  • to excavate
  • (coll.) to exclude
  • not to count
  • to deduct
  • to subtract

bào ㄅㄠˋ

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