Scissors in Chinese
scissors · HSK 5
剪刀
- 剪 to cut
- 刀 knife
Counted with 把: 一把剪刀
请把剪刀递给我。 Please pass me the scissors.
Other ways to say scissors
More words with 剪 or 刀
How do you say scissors in Chinese?
Scissors in Chinese is 剪刀 (jiǎn dāo). You can also say 剪 (jiǎn).
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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