"To cut" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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理发 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut
推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
刻 kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
割 gē to cut / to cut apart
切换 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
切割 qiē gē to cut
切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
缩减 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce
剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
切削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining
开凿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
剪断 jiǎn duàn to cut / to snip
采伐 cǎi fá to fell / to cut
撤掉 chè diào to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
割伤 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut
切 qiē to cut / to slice / to carve / (math) tangential
削球 xiāo qiú (sport) to chop / to cut
划 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)
裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment
削 xiāo to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
琢 zhuó to cut (gems)
钊 zhāo to encourage / to cut / to strain
抠 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
铰 jiǎo scissors / to cut (with scissors)
锲 qiè to cut / to carve / to engrave / to chisel / fig. to chisel away at
戬 jiǎn carry to the utmost / to cut
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