Chinese Character 剪 (zin2 | jian3 ) : [1] [v] cut or clip with scissors; cut; shear;

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剪
zin2 jian3
[1] [v] cut or clip with scissors; cut; shear; trim [2] [v] annihilate; destroy completely Stroke count: 12 Level: 3 Radical: 刀 (#18)
剪
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剪頭髮 zin2 tau4 faat3 jian3 tou2 fa5 (PRC), jian3 tou2 fa3 (Taiwan) = to cut hair; to get a haircut 較剪 gaau3 zin2 = scissors粵剪刀 zin2 dou1 jian3 dao1 = scissors國剪彩 zin2 coi2 jian3 cai3 = to cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony 剪髮 zin2 faat3 = haircut, hairdressing 鉸剪 gaau3 zin2 = scissors 剪短 zin2 dyun2 = cut short (hairstyle) 剪齊 zin2 cai4 = one-length (hairstyle) 剪斷 zin2 tyun5 = to cut with scissors into two or more pieces; clipping; nip; snip 剪票 zin2 piu3 jian3 piao4 = [n] Ticket punch See all 19 compounds
Showing 1 example containing 剪乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。國 edit The train conductor punched our tickets. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 剪
Unicode code for this character: U+526A (off-site link)

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