剥

bāo

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剥 — bāo

1. to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck (e.g., fruit, nuts)

   我在剥苹果皮。 wǒ zài bāo píngguǒpí — I'm peeling an apple.

剥 — bō

1. to strip; to flay; (in compounds) to deprive, strip away (e.g., 剥夺 'to deprive')

   她的选举权被剥夺了。 tā de xuǎnjǔquán bèi bōduó le — Her right to vote was taken away.