Chinese Word of the Day

剪刀
jiǎn dāo

scissors

Definitions

Chinese > English
剪刀	jiǎndāo
1. n. scissors
用剪刀理髮 - to cut hair with scissors
English > Chinese
scissors
1. 名词. 剪刀
2. 名词. 《摔角》剪扼式
3. 名词. 《跳高》剪式跳高
Components
剪	jiǎn
1. to cut (paper, etc.)
剪草機 - lawnmower (lit. grass-cutting machine)
剪刀 - scissors (lit. cutting knife)
剪指甲jia - to cut one's nails
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
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