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剃须刀片tì xū dāo piàn
razor blade
Definitions
Components | ||
剃须刀 | ||
1. Simplified form of 剃鬚刀 | ||
剃鬚刀 | tìxūdāo | |
1. n. razor; shaver | ||
剃 | tì | |
1. to shave (hair) | ||
剃鬚 - to shave off facial hair | ||
须 | ||
1. Simplified form of 須 | ||
2. Simplified form of 鬚 | ||
須 | xū | |
1. must; have to; should | ||
2. (literary) to halt; to bring to an end | ||
3. (literary) to use | ||
4. (literary, or in compounds) short moment | ||
須臾 - in an instant | ||
Xu | ||
5. usage. For the sense of "must" or "need to", this word is frequently mistaken with tr=- is usually followed by a noun. | ||
6. Simplified form of 鬚 | ||
鬚 | xū | |
1. beard; whisker | ||
剃 鬚 - to shave one's beard | ||
虎鬚 - tiger's whiskers | ||
2. antenna; feeler | ||
3. whisker-like | ||
刀 | dāo | |
1. knife; blade | ||
2. single-edged sword; cutlass | ||
3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price | ||
4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people) | ||
刀 世-勛 - Dao Shixun | ||
5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar | ||
6. Variant of 刁 | ||
刁 | diāo | |
1. (literary, or in compounds) treacherous; crafty; deceitful | ||
2. (literary) to tempt | ||
3. (literary) unkind | ||
4. (literary) stammering | ||
5. (literary) picky about food | ||
6. (literary) to wring | ||
7. (literary) to inveigle | ||
8. (literary) ear of grains | ||
9. (literary) to make (time) | ||
10. Variant of 凋 | ||
11. Variant of 碉 | ||
12. Variant of 雕 | ||
片 | piàn, piān | |
1. thin piece; flake; slice | ||
片子zi - flake, small piece - | ||
2. film; TV play; photograph; record | ||
影片 - film, movie - | ||
片piān子zi - film, movie, film reel - | ||
3. (Cantonese) video | ||
4. (Cantonese, specifically) film; movie | ||
賀歲片pin3-2 | ||
片pin3-2商 | ||
5. (medicine) tablet | ||
6. (dialectal) Short for 尿片 | ||
幫 BB 換 片pin3-2 - to change diapers for the baby | ||
纜 片pin3-2 - to wear a diaper | ||
7. part of a place; area | ||
8. (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language | ||
廣府 片 - Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese) | ||
9. to slice; to carve thin | ||
10. (Cantonese) to fight | ||
11. partial; incomplete; one-sided | ||
片面 - unilateral, one-sided | ||
一 片 麵包 - a slice of bread | ||
12. lb, zh, used with numeral scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds | ||
13. (Teochew) | ||
14. (Hakka, Teochew) side | ||
東片 - tr=dang1 pin3, east; east side, MN-T | ||
許片 - tr=he2 pin3, there; that side, MN-T | ||
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tì xū dāo piàn
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