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剪刀

jiǎn dāo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 把

剪刀 (jiǎn dāo) means "scissors". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 剪刀 means

1. scissors

The characters in 剪刀

• 剪jiǎn(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…

Example sentences

• 用剪刀剪图片。
  Use scissors to cut out the pictures.
• 她借了我的剪刀。
  Tā jiè le wǒ de jiǎndāo.
  She borrowed my scissors.
• 这把剪刀不好用。
  Zhè bǎ jiǎndāo bù hǎo yòng.
  These scissors don't cut well.
• 这把剪刀剪不好。
  These scissors don't cut well.
• 这把剪刀不好使。
  These scissors don't cut well.
• 剪刀、石头、布。
  Rock, paper, scissors.

Words starting with 剪刀

• 剪刀差jiǎn dāo chā(economics) price scissors
• 剪刀手jiǎn dāo shǒuV sign (hand gesture)
• 剪刀石头布jiǎn dāo shí tou bùrock-paper-scissors (game)

Words containing 剪刀

• 打薄剪刀dǎ báo jiǎn dāothinning scissors

Where 剪刀 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Containers & Everyday Objects (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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