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Word · VerbTraditional剔

shave; cut hair

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to shave; to cut hair or beard

archaic

Literary or classical Chinese usage equivalent to 剃 (tì). In modern standard Chinese, 剃 is used instead. Often appears in historical texts describing shaving hair as a punishment (髡刑) or religious tonsure.

Tā他
tì剔
qù去
tóu头
fa发
 ，
chū出
jiā家
wéi为
sēng僧
 。

He shaved his head and became a monk.

Gǔ古
shí时
yǒu有
tì剔
miàn面
zhī之
xíng刑
 。

In ancient times, there existed the punishment of shaving the face.

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Lìng令
zuì罪
rén人
tì剔
fà发
yǐ以
rǔ辱
zhī之
 。

The criminal was ordered to shave his hair to humiliate him.