The Chinese word for to wipe is
擦
cā
Chinese Definition
| wipe | |
| 1. 擦，抹；去除；消灭 |
Translations for wipe and their definitions
| 擦 | |
| 1. to rub | |
| 2. to be close to; to be near | |
| 3. to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase | |
| 把 黑板 擦 乾gān淨 - to wipe the blackboard clean - | |
| 擦 嗮 啲 錯字 - to erase all the incorrect characters - | |
| 4. to spread (paste etc.); to apply | |
| 5. to shred (melons and fruits) | |
| 6. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (to fuck) | |
| 7. utensil for rubbing (e.g., eraser, shoe polish) | |
| 黑板擦 - blackboard eraser - | |
| 8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hanging scroll; wall hanging (a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall) |
| 擦拭 | |
| 1. v. to wipe; to clean |
| 抹 | |
| 1. to smear, to apply | |
| 抹藥 - tr=bhuah4 ioh8, to apply medication, MN-T | |
| 2. to wipe | |
| 3. to erase; to remove | |
| 4. (literary) to play (dominos) | |
| 5. (literary) to cut | |
| 6. (literary) to twirl | |
| 7. (literary) to look; to aim; to glance | |
| 一 抹 斜陽 | |
| 8. to smear (using cement or lime) | |
| 9. to keep close to and turn around | |
| 10. (literary) to touch | |
| 11. (literary) to bend; to lower | |
| 12. (colloquial) to wipe | |
| 抹mā 桌子 - to wipe a table clean | |
| 抹 屎窟 - to wipe one's bottom | |
| 13. (colloquial) to press (something) and move one's hand downwards | |
| 14. (colloquial) to dismiss (someone from their position) |
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