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剪刀

剪刀

Chinese

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

Noun

剪刀

  1. scissors   (Classifier: )

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剪刀 (“scissors”)
Variety Location Words
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

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

剪刀 (hiragana せんとう, romaji sentō)

  1. scissors

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2

Noun

剪刀 (hiragana はさみ, romaji hasami)

  1. Alternative form of
    • 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)