剪 zin² {jiǎn}

1. scissors
2. shears
3. clippers
4. CL: 把
5. to cut with scissors
6. to trim
7. to wipe out or exterminate

剪 zin² {Jiǎn}

surname Jian

剪草 zin² cou² {jiǎn cǎo}

lawn pruning or mowing

剪髮〔-发〕 zin² faat³ {jiǎn fà}

to have a haircut

剪報〔-报〕 zin² bou³ {jiǎn bào}

1. newspaper cutting
2. clippings

剪輯〔-辑〕 zin² cap¹ {jiǎn jí}

to edit (video images, film)

剪除 zin² ceoi⁴ {jiǎn chú}

1. to eradicate
2. to exterminate

剪切 zin² cit³ {jiǎn qiē}

1. to shear
2. shearing (force)
3. to cut (computing)

剪彩 zin² coi² {jiǎn cǎi}

to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)

剪綵〔-䌽〕 zin² coi² {jiǎn cǎi}

to cut the ribbon (at an opening)

剪裁 zin² coi⁴ {jiǎn cái}

1. to tailor (clothes)
2. to trim (expenditure)

剪掉 zin² diu⁶ {jiǎn diào}

1. to cut off
2. to cut away
3. to trim

剪刀 zin² dou¹ {jiǎn dāo}

1. scissors
2. CL: 把

剪徑〔-径〕 zin² ging³ {jiǎn jìng}

1. to waylay and rob
2. highway robbery

剪影 zin² jing² {jiǎn yǐng}

1. paper-cut silhouette
2. outline
3. sketch

剪力 zin² lik⁶ {jiǎn lì}

1. shear
2. shearing force

剪成 zin² sing⁴ {jiǎn chéng}

cut into

剪斷〔-断〕 zin² tyun⁵ {jiǎn duàn}

1. to cut
2. to snip

剪枝 zin² zi¹ {jiǎn zhī}

to prune (branches etc)

剪紙〔-纸〕 zin² zi² {jiǎn zhǐ}

1. papercutting (Chinese folk art)
2. to make paper cutouts

剪子 zin² zi² {jiǎn zi}

1. clippers
2. scissors
3. shears
4. CL: 把

剪接 zin² zip³ {jiǎn jiē}

1. film-editing
2. montage
3. to cut or edit film

剪切力 zin² cit³ lik⁶ {jiǎn qiē lì}

1. shear
2. shearing force

剪草機〔--机〕 zin² cou² gei¹ {jiǎn cǎo jī}

grass mower

剪刀差 zin² dou¹ caa¹ {jiǎn dāo chā}

prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)

剪應力〔-应-〕 zin² jing³ lik⁶ {jiǎn yìng lì}

shear stress

剪頭髮〔-头发〕 zin² tau⁴ faat³ {jiǎn tóu fa}

(to get a) haircut

剪貼板〔-贴-〕 zin² tip³ baan² {jiǎn tiē bǎn}

clipboard (computing)

剪貼簿〔-贴-〕 zin² tip³ bou² {jiǎn tiē bù}

scrapbook

剪嘴鷗〔--鸥〕 zin² zeoi² au¹ {jiǎn zuǐ ōu}

(Chinese bird species) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)

剪切形變〔---变〕 zin² cit³ jing⁴ bin³ {jiǎn qiē xíng biàn}

1. shearing
2. shear deformation

剪草除根 zin² cou² ceoi⁴ gan¹ {jiǎn cǎo chú gēn}

1. lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
2. to eradicate