剪 (zin2 | jian3) : cut off; scissors; wipe out

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剪

zin2

jian3

[1] [v] cut off; clip; shear; trim
[2] [n] scissors; shears; clippers
[3] [v] wipe out; exterminate; annihilate

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 刀 (#18)

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

剪

This word has been viewed 7392 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Jan 2011 13:27

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較剪 gaau3 zin2 = scissors 粵

剪頭髮 zin2 tau4 faat3 jian3 tou2 fa5 (PRC), jian3 tou2 fa3 (Taiwan) = to cut hair; to get a haircut

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 粵

剪短 zin2 dyun2 = cut short (hairstyle)

剪齊 zin2 cai4 = one-length (hairstyle)

剪斷 zin2 tyun5 jian3 duan4 = to cut with scissors into two or more pieces; clipping; nip; snip

剪票 zin2 piu3 jian3 piao4 = [n] Ticket punch
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Showing 1 example containing 剪

乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。國
The train conductor punched our tickets.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 剪
Unicode code for this character: U+526a (off-site link)

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