削 (xiāo / xuē) means Scrape, Reduce (cut). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
公司决定 削 减开支。
Gōngsī juédìng xuējiǎn kāizhī.
The company decided to cut expenditure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削
这项措施 削 弱了他的影响力。
Zhè xiàng cuòshī xuēruò le tā de yǐngxiǎnglì.
This measure weakened his influence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削
工人们不愿再被剥 削 。
Gōngrénmen bú yuàn zài bèi bōxuē.
The workers were unwilling to be exploited any longer.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 剥削
双方同意 削 减导弹数量。
Shuāngfāng tóngyì xuējiǎn dǎodàn shùliàng.
Both sides agreed to reduce the number of missiles.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 导弹
连续的失败 削 弱了他的信心。
Liánxù de shībài xuēruò le tā de xìnxīn.
Repeated failure weakened his confidence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削弱
这项政策 削 弱了他们的优势。
Zhè xiàng zhèngcè xuēruò le tāmen de yōushì.
This policy weakened their advantage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削弱
这部小说揭露了当时的剥 削 制度。
Zhè bù xiǎoshuō jiēlù le dāngshí de bōxuē zhìdù.
This novel exposes the system of exploitation of the time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 剥削
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Words that contain 削
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Questions about 削
How is 削 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 削 (xiāo / xuē, "Scrape, Reduce (cut)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 削 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 削 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 削 an HSK word?
Yes — 削 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 削?
The dictionary page for 削 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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