- 剪刀 jiǎndāo scissorsscissors; shears; a metal tool with two crossed blades used for cutting things like paper, cloth, or rope; also called [[剪子|剪子|jian3 zi5]] or [[铰刀|鉸刀|jiao3 dao1]]
- 剪辑 jiǎnjí to editTo select, cut, and rearrange raw film, video, or audio footage into a finished work; also used for rearranging photos or clippings into a new layout.
- 修剪 xiūjiǎn to trimTo trim or clip something such as fingernails, hair, or clothes with scissors to make it neat
- 剪裁 jiǎncái to tailorTo cut cloth or paper according to a specific size or pattern; to tailor a garment.
- 剪子 jiǎnzi scissorsscissors; shears; clippers
- 剪纸 jiǎnzhǐ papercuttingChinese folk art of creating decorative designs by cutting paper
- 剪切 jiǎnqiē to cut (computing)to remove text or an image from a document and move it to a clipboard, as in "cut-and-paste"
- 剪贴 jiǎntiē to clip and pasteTo cut out articles, pictures, or data from newspapers or magazines and paste them into a scrapbook or onto paper.
- 剪彩 jiǎncǎi to cut the ribbonto cut a ribbon at an opening or inauguration ceremony
- 裁剪 cáijiǎn to cut outto cut cloth or paper according to a pattern or measurements for tailoring or crafting; the process of doing so
- 剪断 jiǎnduàn to cut offto cut or shear something apart
- 剪发 jiǎnfà to cut hairTo cut hair; to have one's hair cut; (literary) to shave one's head (e.g., to become a monk or nun)
- 剪报 jiǎnbào newspaper clippinga piece of information cut from a newspaper; a scrap or clipping
- 剪接 jiǎnjiē to editto select, cut, and rearrange recordings such as film, video, or audio; (genetics) to splice
- 剪影 jiǎnyǐng silhouettea paper-cut image of a person or object following its side profile; the art of making such paper cuts
- 剪除 jiǎnchú to pruneto cut away or prune branches or leaves
- 剪毛 jiǎnmáo to shearto shear or clip the hair or wool of an animal
- 剪力 jiǎnlì shearing forceshear or shearing force
- 剪刀差 jiǎndāochā price scissorsThe gap between high industrial prices and low agricultural prices in an economy, where the price curves on a graph resemble an open pair of scissors.
- 剪应力 jiǎnyìnglì shear stressmechanical force applied parallel to a surface, often in engineering and physics contexts
- 剪草机 jiǎncǎojī lawn mowermachine used for mowing lawns or weeds
- 剪枝 jiǎnzhī to pruneto trim or lop the branches of a plant to improve its appearance or promote growth
- 指甲剪 zhǐjiajiǎn nail clippera tool used for trimming fingernails or toenails
- 剪取 jiǎnqǔ to cutto cut off; to clip; to trim; to snip
- 反剪 fǎnjiǎn to tie behind the backTo have the hands crossed and tied or held tightly behind the back.
- 剪贴板 jiǎntiēbǎn clipboard(computing) the temporary storage area for data that has been cut or copied and is ready to be pasted
- 剪票 jiǎnpiào to punch ticketsto check or punch a ticket to show it has been used or verified; typically done by a conductor or ticket collector
- 剪径 jiǎnjìng highway robberyto waylay and rob travelers; to commit highway robbery
- 疏剪 shūjiǎn to pruneto prune trees or plants by cutting off excess or useless branches
- 倒剪 dàojiǎn to clasp behind the backTo cross or clasp one's hands behind the back (often while walking).
- 背剪 bèijiǎn with hands behind backTo walk or stand with hands clasped or crossed behind one's back
- 剪纸片 jiǎnzhǐpiàn cut-paper animationA type of animated film made by photographing sequences of paper cutouts to create movement.
- 双瞳剪水 shuāngtóngjiǎnshuǐ clear bright eyes(idiom) describes eyes that are clear and bright as autumn water; derived from a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Li He
- 剪接体 jiǎnjiētǐ spliceosome(genetics) a large molecular complex found within the cell nucleus that removes introns from a transcribed pre-mRNA
- 剪草除根 jiǎncǎochúgēn to eradicateto cut grass and pull out the roots; used to describe destroying an evil or a problem completely at its source so it cannot return
- 删剪 shānjiǎn to cutto cut a portion from a film or text; to censor content by removing parts
- 剪伐 jiǎnfá to pruneto prune, cut, or fell (branches or trees)
- 剪刀手 jiǎndāoshǒu V signThe V sign hand gesture often used in photos to represent peace or victory.
- 剪刀石头布 jiǎndāoshítoubù rock-paper-scissorsthe game of rock-paper-scissors
- 剪刀草 jiǎndāocǎo arrowheadarrowhead, an edible aquatic plant in the genus Sagittaria, also known as scissor grass because of its leaf shape
- 剪切力 jiǎnqiēlì shear forceshear or shearing force
- 剪切形变 jiǎnqiēxíngbiàn shear deformationshearing or shear deformation
- 剪切板 jiǎnqiēbǎn clipboard(computing) a temporary storage area for data that a user wants to copy or move from one place to another
- 剪力墙 jiǎnlìqiáng shear walla structural wall designed to resist lateral forces such as wind or seismic activity
- 剪嘴鸥 jiǎnzuǐ'ōu Indian skimmera species of skimmer, Rynchops albicollis, found in south Asia
- 剪头 jiǎntóu to get a haircutto cut one's hair; to have one's hair cut; to give someone a haircut
- 剪头发 jiǎntóufa to get a haircutTo cut hair; to have one's hair cut.
- 剪床 jiǎnchuáng shearing machineA machine tool used for cutting thin sheets of metal; it uses two blades in a manner similar to scissors.
- 剪成 jiǎnchéng to cut intoTo cut into a specific shape or form.
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH