ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.cut (with scissors); clip; trim; wipe out; exterminate
信被剪开了。
The letter was cut open.
这个简讯是从报上剪下来的。
This news item was cut out of the newspaper.
别把头发剪得太短了。
Don't cut the hair too short.
- 2
n.scissors; shears; clippers
剪刀
scissors
- 3
n.instrument/implement shaped like scissors
夹剪
tweezers
火剪
fire scissors
Words and phrases with 剪
- 剪断[word]cut/nip/shear off
- 剪羊毛[word]sheepshearing
- 剪发[word]hairdressing; shave one's head
- 剪辑[word]edit and rearrange; montage
- 剪影[word]cut a silhouette out of paper; paper-cut silhouette
- 剪裁[word]cut out; cut out unwanted material
- 剪裂[word]scission
- 剪彩[word]cut the ribbon
- 剪贴[word]clip and paste in a scrapbook; cut and paste
- 剪草除根[idiom]eliminate the source of trouble
Word usage
- common measure word"剪" is often matched with measure word "把".
一把剪
one pair of scissors