剪 (zin2) — cut off; clip; shear; trim in Cantonese
zinˊ²剪Mandarin Pinyin: jian3
Meaning of 剪
nouncut off; clip; shear; trim
nounscissors; shears; clippers
nounwipe out; exterminate; annihilate
Example Sentences with 剪
乘務員用剪票夾在我們的車票上打孔。
The train conductor punched our tickets.
zinˊ²剪couˊ²草jiu˗₃要gau˗₃夠leiˍ₆俐lok6.落。
Mowing the lawn needs to be done cleanly.
zinˊ²剪zoˊ²咗diˉ¹啲beiˍ₆鼻mou4.毛。
Trimmed some nose hairs.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋baauˉ¹包zinˊ²剪daap˗₃揼
We play rock paper scissors.
baauˉ¹包zinˊ²剪daap˗₃揼gok˗₃決dingˍ₆定
Rock paper scissors decides.
Words Containing 剪
較剪gaau3 zin2
scissors
剪刀zin2 dou1
剪刀
剪紙zin2 zi2
paper-cut
剪片zin2 pin2
film editing
剪輯zin2 cap1
edit (film or radio/TV programme); editing; montage
剪接zin2 zip3
film-editing; montage; to cut or edit film
風力修剪fung1 lik6 sau1 zin2
wind prune
剪草機zin2 cou2 gei1
a grass cutter, a mower
剪短zin2 dyun2
cut short (hairstyle)
剪影zin2 jing2
silhouette
剪齊zin2 cai4
one-length (hairstyle)
剪斷zin2 tyun5
to cut with scissors into two or more pieces; clipping; nip; snip
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