Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- guā
English
- shave, pare off, scrape
- to scrape
- (noun) Spatula
- to blow
- to shave
- to plunder
- to extort
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 刮
- 刮花gwaat3 faa1
to scratch or leave a mark
- 刮龍gwaat3 lung2
corruption; graft
- 刮沙gwaat3 saa1
Gua sha, which is a traditional Chinese medical treatment
- 刮友gwaat3 jau2
to be hunt down or look for one (for revenge)
- 刮竹gwaat3 zuk1
to play mahjong [colloquial]
- 水刮seoi2 gwaat3
glass wiper
- 刮腳gwaat3 goek3
(of shoes especially new ones) to hurt one's foot when wearing
- 搜刮sau2 gwaat3
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
- 刮鐘gwaat3 zung1
to hard sell the services of a prostitute [colloquial]
- 刮料gwaat3 liu2
to source intel or sensitive information
- 雨刮jyu5 gwaat3
windshield wiper
- 刮宮gwaat3 gung1
dilatation and curettage (of the uterus)
- 刮痧gwaat3 saa1
gua sha (technique in TCM)
- 刮粗龍gwaat3 cou1 lung2
earning huge amount of wealth illegally (slang)
- 刮目相看gwaat3 muk6 soeng1 hon1
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- 刮鏟gwaat3 caan2
scraper
- 刮削gwaat3 soek3
to exploit; to take poor people's money
- 刮蹭gwaat3 sang3
(esp. of a vehicle) to scrape against; to sideswipe
- 刮勺gwaat3 zoek3
scraper
- 刮鬍子gwaat3 wu4 zi2
to shave (facial hair)
- 刮臉gwaat3 lim5
to shave one's face
- 刮親gwaat3 can1
- 刮掉gwaat3 diu6
to scrape off
- 刮傷gwaat3 soeng1
scratch (wound)