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cạo

Listen
to scrape
Verb
to scrape
+1 more senses
2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to scrape Core ActionsTheme

To remove a thin layer from the surface of something by rubbing it with a sharp tool.

vi Anh ấy đang cạo lớp sơn cũ.

en He is scraping off the old paint.

Sense 2 Verb
to shave

To remove hair from the body by cutting it close to the skin with a razor.

vi Anh ấy cạo râu vào mỗi buổi sáng.

en He shaves his beard every morning.

Parts
鋯
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鋯
Candidates by syllable
cạo 鋯（𠜯 / 𠞟）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
cáo / cào / cảo / cạo gió …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

cạo gió/cạo giấy/cạo đầu/cạo trọc

Use
dao cạo / thợ cạo
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Words containing this

+4

Common expressions

cạo mặt lưỡi dao cạo
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