HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

剪

jiǎn

to cut as with scissors

HSK 5

Meaning of 剪 in English

jiǎnHSK 5verbSyllabus #2567
  1. to cut as with scissors
  2. to edit (video, audio etc)
  3. (bound form) scissors or similar tool
  4. (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate
  5. surname Jian

Example sentences

  1. 他一个月剪三次头发。
    tā yí gè yuè jiǎn sān cì tóu fà。
    He gets a haircut three times a month.
    Tatoeba #8685525 by crescat · #295904 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我把我的頭髮剪了。
    wǒ bǎ wǒ de tóu fà jiǎn le。
    I got my hair cut.
    Tatoeba #6853182 by verdastelo9604 · #257883 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 这把剪刀剪不好。
    zhè bǎ jiǎn dāo jiǎn bù hǎo。
    These scissors don't cut well.
    Tatoeba #438496 by fucongcong · #60708 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 剪

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences