HSK 6 · Society

剥削 bōxuē “to exploit” in Chinese

Traditional 剝削

What 剥削 means

  1. to exploit
  2. exploitation

How to say 剥削

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale剥bō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale削xuē1st tone, high and level

剥削 in a sentence

  1. 老板不应该剥削员工。

    Lǎobǎn bù yīnggāi bōxuē yuángōng.

    Bosses shouldn’t exploit their staff.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 让工人每天工作十四个小时就是剥削。

    Ràng gōngrén měitiān gōngzuò shísì ge xiǎoshí jiùshì bōxuē.

    Making workers work fourteen hours a day is exploitation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 剥削 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 剥 (bō) with each of its parts in a different colour
剥bōto peel
  • 录to copy · lùSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 录 (lù) hints at the sound. Compare it with bō.

The character 削 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
削xuēto pare
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuē.

How to write 剥削

剥 10 strokes · 削 9 strokes

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剥削 (bōxuē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 剥削 (bōxuē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 剥削

Words with 削

削xiāo · to peel削弱xuēruò · to weaken

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FAQs

剥削 (bōxuē) means “to exploit” or “exploitation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bōxuē: bō with a 1st tone, then xuē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 剥削 is written 剝削. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type boxue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 剥削 from the suggestions. Typing boxue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
剥削 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.