剪

Pinyin: jiǎn

to cut as with scissors; (bound form) scissors or similar tool

Example sentence

他把头发剪短了。

Tā bǎ tóufa jiǎn duǎn le.

He had his hair cut short.

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What 剪 means

剪 (jiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to cut as with scissors; (bound form) scissors or similar tool”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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