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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
jian3 dao1	jin2 dou1	zin2 dou1	scissors

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
剪 Learn more	jian3	jin2	zin2	scissors / shears / clippers / to cut with scissors / to trim / to wipe out or exterminate / surname jian
刀 Learn more	dao1	dou1	dou1	knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / (slang) dollar (loanword) / surname dao

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Traditional	Pinyin	Used for
把	ba3	handfuls; things with handles; some abstract things

A pair of scissors

These scissors are awfully heavy.

Trim the shrubs with shears.

These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.

She picked up a pair of scissors from the windowsill.

The woman stabbed at her attacker with a pair of scissors.

It's a penknife, scissors, corkscrew all rolled into one.

Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.

Grass shears are specially made to trim grass growing in awkward places.

Left-handers have trouble using can-openers, scissors, and potato peelers.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on