Chinese symbol for “corrode”
剥蚀
bō shí
Traditional: 剝蝕
to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corrode is 剥蚀 (bō shí), defined as: to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “corrode”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销蚀 (銷蝕) | xiāo shí | (lit. and fig.) to corrode; to erode; to wear away |
| 消蚀 (消蝕) | xiāo shí | to corrode; to erode; to wear away (lit. and fig.) |
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剥蚀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥夺 (剝奪) | bō duó | to deprive; to expropriate |
| 剥削 (剝削) | bō xuē | to exploit; exploitation |
| 剥离 (剝離) | bō lí | to peel; to strip |
| 剥皮 (剝皮) | bāo pí | to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals |
| 盘剥 (盤剝) | pán bō | to exploit; to practice usury |
| 剥落 (剝落) | bō luò | to peel off |
| 侵蚀 (侵蝕) | qīn shí | to erode; to corrode |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corrode”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.