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		cut with scissors; scissors	knife
simp. and trad. (剪刀)		剪	刀

剪刀

Dialectal synonyms of 剪刀 (“scissors”)
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剪刀
Mandarin	Beijing	剪子、剪刀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉸剪
	Hong Kong	鉸剪
	Taishan	鉸剪
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剪刀、鉸刀、哈沙米
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	剪刀、鉸刀、哈沙米
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	剪刀、鉸刀、哈沙米
	Dongshi (Dabu)	剪刀、鉸刀、哈沙米
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	剪刀、鉸刀、哈沙米
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	剪刀、哈沙米
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鉸刀
Min Nan	Quanzhou	鉸刀、鉸剪
	Xiamen	鉸刀、鉸剪
	Zhangzhou	鉸剪
	Taipei	鉸刀
	Kaohsiung	鉸刀
	Tainan	鉸刀
	Taichung	鉸刀
	Yilan	鉸刀
	Lukang	鉸刀
	Sanxia	鉸刀
	Kinmen	鉸刀、鉸攆、鉸剪
	Magong	鉸刀
	Hsinchu	鉸刀
Wu	Wenzhou	鉸剪

剪刀 ‎(hiragana せんとう, romaji sentō)

Kanji in this term
剪	刀
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2

剪刀 ‎(hiragana はさみ, romaji hasami)

Alternative form of 鋏
- Governor-General of Taiwan (1931), Ogawa Naoyoshi, editor, 臺日大辭典, volume 1, Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu], page 174
  ka-chián 鉸-剪。剪刀 (はさみ)。唐鋏 (たうばさみ)。