How to say it in Chinese

Clip in Chinese

to clip · HSK 5

剪 jiǎn

Counted with 把: 一把剪 yì bǎ jiǎn

我明天想去剪头发。 I want to get a haircut tomorrow.

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How do you say clip in Chinese?

Clip in Chinese is 剪 (jiǎn). You can also say 卡 (qiǎ), 夹 (jiā).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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