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jiǎn
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. scissors
  2. 2. shears
  3. 3. clippers
  4. 4. to cut with scissors
  5. 5. to trim
  6. 6. to wipe out or exterminate

Example Sentences

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你想將頭髮 成怎樣?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 885535)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 剪

剪辑
jiǎn jí

to edit (video images, film)

剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

双瞳剪水
shuāng tóng jiǎn shuǐ

clear, bright eyes (idiom)

大剪刀
dà jiǎn dāo

shears

疏剪
shū jiǎn

to prune

剪掉
jiǎn diào

to cut off

剪裁
jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes)

剪刀差
jiǎn dāo chā

prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)

洗剪吹
xǐ jiǎn chuī

shampoo, haircut and blow-dry

指甲剪
zhǐ jia jiǎn

nail clipper

删剪
shān jiǎn

to cut (from a movie etc)

打薄剪刀
dǎ báo jiǎn dāo

thinning scissors

剪切
jiǎn qiē

to shear

石头、剪子、布
shí tou , jiǎn zi , bù

rock-paper-scissors (hand game)

剪力
jiǎn lì

shear

剪切力
jiǎn qiē lì

shear

剪草机
jiǎn cǎo jī

lawnmower

剪切形变
jiǎn qiē xíng biàn

shearing

剪头发
jiǎn tóu fa

(to get a) haircut

剪贴簿
jiǎn tiē bù

scrapbook

剪䌽
jiǎn cǎi

to cut the ribbon (at an opening)

剪成
jiǎn chéng

cut into

裁剪
cái jiǎn

to cut out

剪嘴鸥
jiǎn zuǐ ōu

(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)

粗剪
cū jiǎn

(cinema) rough cut

剪刀石头布
jiǎn dāo shí tou bù

rock-paper-scissors (game)

剪报
jiǎn bào

newspaper cutting

剪应力
jiǎn yìng lì

shear stress

剪径
jiǎn jìng

to waylay and rob

反剪
fǎn jiǎn

with hands behind one's back

剪除
jiǎn chú

to eradicate

剪断
jiǎn duàn

to cut

剪彩
jiǎn cǎi

to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)

剪接
jiǎn jiē

film-editing

剪枝
jiǎn zhī

to prune (branches etc)

修剪
xiū jiǎn

to prune

剪子
jiǎn zi

clippers

剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ

papercutting (Chinese folk art)

剪刀
jiǎn dāo

scissors

剪贴板
jiǎn tiē bǎn

clipboard (computing)

剪影
jiǎn yǐng

paper-cut silhouette

包剪锤
bāo jiǎn chuí

rock-paper-scissors (game)