Translation of 剪 to English with examples of 剪 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

剪

jiǎn

char. scissors, clippers; instrument shaped like scissors; to cut off, wipe out

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Other meanings

[jiǎn] v. to trim or cut (with scissors)

CHARACTER COMPOSITION

RADICAL

刀 knife

SIMILAR CHARACTERS

WRITE STROKE BY STROKE

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

EXAMPLES

剪刀

jiǎn dāo

n. scissors

剪子

jiǎn zi

n. scissors, shears

剪断

剪斷

jiǎn duàn

phr. cut off, shear off

火剪

huó jiǎn

n. fire-tongs

剪除

jiǎn chú

v. to exterminate, to annihilate