剪 | Chinese meaning

剪【jiǎn】

HSK 5

scissors
shears
clippers
CL:把[ba3]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate

Generated definitions (experimental)

scissors

剪 is often used to refer to the tool "scissors" in general.

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She used the scissors to cut a piece of cloth.

shears

剪 can also mean "shears" or "clippers" for cutting things like hair or plants.

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He used shears to trim my hair.

to cut with scissors

剪 can specifically be used to describe the action of cutting with scissors.

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She cut a piece of paper.

to trim

剪 can also mean "to trim," usually used for neatening or shaping something.

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She trimmed the branches to make the tree look neater.

to wipe out or exterminate

剪 can be used metaphorically to mean "to wipe out" or "to exterminate," often used in the context of eliminating something completely.

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The company decided to wipe out some unnecessary expenses.

Generated collocations (experimental)

scissorsto cut hairpaper cuttingto edit (video or audio)to trima pair of scissorsto cut and pasteto cut offquick cuttingto clip or groomto mow or trim grassto remove by cuttingto cut off or sever