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剃 (tì)
1. 用刀刮去毛发。
- To shave off hair with a knife.
- Example: 剃头 (shave the head), 剃刀 (shaving knife), 剃度 (in Buddhism, refers to the act of shaving the hair of someone about to ordain as a monk or nun).
2. 用刀刮去毛发 ([En.] shave)
- To shave off hair with a knife.
- Example: 剃胡子 (shave beard), 剃汗毛 (shave body hair), 剃得干净 (shave clean), 剃光头 (shave bald), 剃削 (shave off hair), 剃面 (shave face), 剃工 (the act of shaving), 剃平头 (shave flat top), 剃刀 (razor).
3. 剃度出家 ([En.] tonsure)
- The act of tonsure for ordination as a monk.
- Example: 剃落 (to shave off hair), 剃度 (the act of getting tonsured).
4. 关于字源:
- 引用:《说文》:鬀,剃发也。大人曰髡,小儿曰鬀,尽及身毛曰鬄。
- About etymology: From "Shuōwén Jiězì" (the earliest Chinese dictionary): 鬀, refers to shaving hair. Adults call it 髡, while children call it 鬀. Shaving off all body hair is referred to as 鬄.
- 引用:《广韵》:剃,同鬀。
- From "Guǎngyùn": 剃 is synonymous with 鬀.