切 (cit3 cai3 | qie1 qie4) : cut; correspond to; close to; eager; all

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切

cit3 cai3

qie1 qie4

(jyutping) cit3, (pinyin) qie1
[1] cut; slice; chop; mince; carve
[2] (indicates that the previous two characters are 反切 notation)
[3] [math] tangent

(jyutping) cit3, (pinyin) qie4
[1] correspond to; conform to; accord with
[2] close to; near to
[3] eager; anxious; keen
[4] be sure to; must

(jyutping) cai3, (pinyin) qie4
all; whole; altogether

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

切

This word has been viewed 13965 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Dec 2021 04:59

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一切 jat1 cai3 yi1 qie4 = all; everything

切勿 cit3 mat6 qie4 wu4 = to be sure not to; don't; to do not by any means

趕唔切 gon2 m4 cit3 = cannot make it; too late for sth. 粵

深切 sam1 cit3 shen1 qie4 = sincere; heartfelt

急切 gap1 cit3 ji2 qie4 = eager; eagerly 國

切實 cit3 sat6 qie4 shi2 = practical; realistic; feasible; conscientiously; earnestly

確切 kok3 cit3 que4 qie4 = exact; precise; definite

親切 can1 cit3 qin1 qie4 = amiable; friendly

關切 gwaan1 cit3 = to be deeply concerned; be troubled by

密切 mat6 cit3 mi4 qie4 = [1] close, familiar, intimate; [2] frequent
See all 71 compounds (CantoDict reports 74 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 切

這把刀很好切國
This knife is good at cutting.

唔快啲就趕唔切㗎喇! 粵
Let's hurry or we might miss it!
[Here, 就...㗎喇 means "or else"]

家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 切
Unicode code for this character: U+5207 (off-site link)

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