Chinese word dictionary

删剪

shān jiǎn · to cut (from a movie etc); to censor

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Word information

Simplified删剪

Traditional刪剪

Pinyinshān jiǎn

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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删shān

to delete; to cut; to censor

剪jiǎn

scissors; to cut, to divide, to separate

How to learn 删剪

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Words with the same characters

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剪jiǎn

(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc); surname Jian

scissors; CL:把[ba3]

to delete

to delete; to cancel

to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)

剪辑jiǎnjí

to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); edited version