Chinese word dictionary

剥削

bōxuē · to exploit; exploitation

Practice word

Word information

Simplified剥削

Traditional剝削

Pinyinbōxuē

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

剥bō

to peel, to skin; to exploit

削xuē

to pare, to scrape, to trim

How to learn 剥削

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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剥bāo

to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck

剥夺bōduó

to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)

削xiāo

to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

削减xuējiǎn

to cut down; to reduce; to lower

削弱xuēruò

to weaken; to impair; to cripple