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擦

cā

“To rub” in Chinese is 擦 (cā).

Meaning

  • to rub; to scratch
  • to wipe; to polish
  • to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
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  • to brush (past)
  • to shred (a vegetable etc)

Example

两个棍棒相互摩擦能起火。

From 摩擦 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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