剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 锅盖头 鍋蓋頭 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle) 嗡嗡 wēng wēng (onom.) buzz / drone / hum syn 嗡嗡声 嗡嗡聲 wēng wēng shēng hum / drone / buzz 嗡嗡叫 wēng wēng jiào hum / drone / buzz (of insects) 嗡 wēng (onom.) buzz / hum / drone 喓 yāo grasshopper chirp / mosquito buzz 交驰 交馳 jiāo chí continuously circling one another / to buzz around 狗扯羊皮 gǒu chě yáng pí to fuss around / to buzz about uselessly / to wag one's tongue 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 割 gē to cut / to cut apart syn 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 寸头 寸頭 cùn tóu (male hair style) crew cut / butch cut 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 发型 髮型 fà xíng hairstyle / coiffure / hairdo 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 烫发 燙髮 tàng fà perm (hairstyle) syn 发式 髮式 fà shì hairstyle / coiffure / hairdo 垂髫 chuí tiáo hair hanging down (child's hairstyle) / (fig.) young child / early childhood syn 纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn 髫 tiáo (literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle) syn 双马尾 雙馬尾 shuāng mǎ wěi (hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches 背头 背頭 bēi tóu swept-back hairstyle 妹妹头 妹妹頭 mèi mei tóu bob (hairstyle) 波波头 波波頭 bō bō tóu bob (hairstyle) 童花头 童花頭 tóng huā tóu short bobbed hairstyle 丫角 yā jiǎo traditional hairstyle for children, with two pointy braids, giving it a horn-like appearance 小鬟 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle) 爆炸头 爆炸頭 bào zhà tóu afro (hairstyle) 鲻鱼头 鯔魚頭 zī yú tóu mullet (hairstyle) 总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn 明确 明確 míng què clear-cut / definite / explicit / to clarify / to specify / to make definite syn 降价 降價 jiàng jià to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper syn 节省 節省 jié shěng saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on syn 伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound / cut syn 切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 截止 jié zhǐ to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng (of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct syn 分割 fēn gē to cut up / to break up syn 中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 切割 qiē gē to cut syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate 切断 切斷 qiē duàn to cut off / to sever syn 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 提成 tí chéng to take a percentage (from a sum of money) / a commission / a cut 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 切除 qiē chú to excise / to cut out (a tumor) syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 隔绝 隔絕 gé jué to cut off / to isolate / isolated (from the world) syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 阻隔 zǔ gé to separate / to cut off syn 理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut / to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair / to give (sb) a haircut syn 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 切削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining syn 斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half 裁剪 cái jiǎn to cut out syn 截获 截獲 jié huò to intercept / to cut off and capture syn 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 割断 割斷 gē duàn to cut off / to sever 剪影 jiǎn yǐng paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch syn 咔嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] syn 砍伐 kǎn fá to hew / to cut down syn 砍价 砍價 kǎn jià to bargain / to cut or beat down a price syn 刻板 kè bǎn stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing syn 单兵 單兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 平头 平頭 píng tóu closely cropped hair / crew cut / (of people) common / ordinary syn 逃学 逃學 táo xué to play truant / to cut classes syn 刀口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision syn 剪彩 jiǎn cǎi to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) 减价 減價 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting syn 割裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 血路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield 旗帜鲜明 旗幟鮮明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) syn 开凿 開鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) syn 剖腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart 绝命 絕命 jué mìng to commit suicide / to have one's life cut short 