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擦

cā

HSK 4 Character

What 擦 means

1. to rub; to scratch
2. to wipe; to polish
3. to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
4. to brush (past)
5. to shred (a vegetable etc)

Example sentences

• 这污点擦不掉。
  Zhè wūdiǎn cā bù diào.
  This blot can't be wiped out.
• 汤姆擦了地板。
  Tom mopped the floor.
• 擦擦你的眼睛。
  Wipe your eyes.
• 她进屋前擦了鞋。
  Tā jìn wū qián cā le xié.
  She scraped her shoes clean before she entered the house.
• 我为老师擦黑板。
  Wǒ wèi lǎoshī cā hēibǎn.
  I erased the blackboard for the teacher.
• 擦擦你们的鼻子。
  Wipe your nose.

Words starting with 擦

• 擦肩而过cā jiān ér guòto brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc)…
• 擦拭cā shìto wipe clean
• 擦干cā gānto wipe dry
• 擦掉cā diàoto wipe
• 擦洗cā xǐto clean (with water or alcohol); to wipe and wash; to swab
• 擦身而过cā shēn ér guòto brush past
• 擦亮cā liàngto polish
• 擦伤cā shāngto abrade; to scrape; to chafe; to graze; abrasion; friction burn; scratch
• 擦屁股cā pì guto wipe one’s ass; (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess
• 擦子cā zieraser; (kitchen) grater; shredder
• 擦写cā xiěto erase
• 擦撞cā zhuàngto sideswipe (a car etc); to generate (sparks) by striking a flint…
• 擦油cā yóuto oil; to anoint
• 擦丝cā sīto grate (cheese, carrots etc); to shred
• 擦边cā biānto make light contact with the edge of sth; (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age)…
• 擦除cā chúto erase
• 擦音cā yīnfricative
• 擦擦笔cā cā bǐerasable pen
• 擦棒球cā bàng qiúfoul tip
• 擦网球cā wǎng qiúnet ball; let (tennis etc)
• 擦边球cā biān qiú(table tennis) edge ball; (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not…
• 擦黑儿cā hēi r(dialect) dusk
• 擦亮眼睛cā liàng yǎn jīngto keep one's eyes open (idiom); to be on one's guard; to be clear-eyed
• 擦枪走火cā qiāng zǒu huǒto shoot accidentally while polishing a gun; (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war

Words containing 擦

• 摩擦mó cāfriction; rubbing; chafing
• 摩拳擦掌mó quán cā zhǎngfig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)…
• 板擦bǎn cāblackboard or whiteboard eraser
• 可擦写kě cā xiěerasable
• 塞擦音sè cā yīnaffricate (phonetics)
• 摩擦力mó cā lìfriction
• 摩擦音mó cā yīnfricative (phonetics)
• 板擦儿bǎn cā rblackboard or whiteboard eraser
• 打擦边球dǎ cā biān qiúto bend the rules; to skirt around the issue
• 橡皮擦xiàng pí cāeraser; rubber
• 喉擦音hóu cā yīnguttural fricative
• 刮擦guā cāto scrape
• 挨擦āi cāto press against; to nuzzle up to
• 挨肩擦背āi jiān cā bèi(idiom) to be crowded together
• 龈擦音yín cā yīnalveolar fricative (linguistics)
• 揩擦kāi cāto wipe
• 可擦除可编程只读存储器kě cā chú kě biān chéng zhǐ dú cún chǔ qìEPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
• 磨擦mó cāvariant of 摩擦
• 磨拳擦掌mó quán cā zhǎngvariant of 摩拳擦掌

Characters built on 察

These share the phonetic component 察 (chá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嚓cā(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires
• 檫cháChinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu
• 镲chǎsmall cymbals

Characters that look like 擦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 濒bīnto approach; to border on; near
• 噩èstartling
• 瘸quélame
• 罄qìngto use up; to exhaust; empty
• 藕ǒuroot of lotus
• 嚓cā(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires

Sounds the same

Read cā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嚓(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires