Chinese symbol for “exploitation”
剥削
bō xuē
Traditional: 剝削
to exploit; exploitation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exploitation is 剥削 (bō xuē), defined as: to exploit; exploitation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “exploitation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剥削.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥夺 (剝奪) | bō duó | to deprive; to expropriate |
| 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 |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 削减 (削減) | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce |
| 切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut; cutting |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exploitation”.
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.