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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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Pronunciation
tì xū dāo piàn
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