剪
刀

Scissors in Chinese: 剪刀 (jiǎn dāo)

jiǎn dāo

scissors

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1scissors

Stroke order

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剪
刀

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄢˇ

jiǎn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄠ

dāo

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 石头剪刀布！

    shí tou jiǎn dāo bù！

    Rock-paper-scissors, shoot!

  • 用剪刀剪图片。

    yòng jiǎn dāo jiǎn tú piàn。

    Use scissors to cut out the pictures.

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Related words

刀

dāo

knife

剪

jiǎn

scissors

剪子

jiǎn zi

clippers

建筑

jiàn zhù

to construct

键盘

jiàn pán

keyboard

郊区

jiāo qū

suburban district

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

接触

jiē chù

to touch

解放

jiě fàng

to liberate

届

jiè

to arrive at (place or time)

居然

jū rán

unexpectedly

俱乐部

jù lè bù

club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)

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