| 1 | 剪 | 剪 | jiǎn | Jian3 | scissors; shears; clippers; Classifiers: 把 ; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate; surname Jian | | |
| 2 | 修剪 | 修剪 | xiū jiǎn | xiu1 jian3 | to prune; to trim | | |
| 3 | 剪刀 | 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | jian3 dao1 | scissors; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 4 | 剪刀差 | 剪刀差 | jiǎn dāo chā | jian3 dao1 cha1 | prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) | | |
| 5 | 裁剪 | 裁剪 | cái jiǎn | cai2 jian3 | to cut out | | |
| 6 | 剪切形变 | 剪切形變 | jiǎn qiē xíng biàn | jian3 qie1 xing2 bian4 | shearing; shear deformation | | |
| 7 | 剪切力 | 剪切力 | jiǎn qiē lì | jian3 qie1 li4 | shear; shearing force | | |
| 8 | 剪切 | 剪切 | jiǎn qiē | jian3 qie1 | to shear; shearing (force); (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") | | |
| 9 | 指甲剪 | 指甲剪 | zhǐ jia jiǎn | zhi3 jia5 jian3 | nail clipper | | |
| 10 | 剪径 | 剪徑 | jiǎn jìng | jian3 jing4 | to waylay and rob; highway robbery | | |
| 11 | 剪接 | 剪接 | jiǎn jiē | jian3 jie1 | film-editing; montage; to cut or edit film | | |
| 12 | 剪辑 | 剪輯 | jiǎn jí | jian3 ji2 | to edit (video images, film) | | |
| 13 | 剪断 | 剪斷 | jiǎn duàn | jian3 duan4 | to cut; to snip | | |
| 14 | 剪掉 | 剪掉 | jiǎn diào | jian3 diao4 | to cut off; to cut away; to trim | | |
| 15 | 剪刀石头布 | 剪刀石頭布 | jiǎn dāo shí tou bù | jian3 dao1 shi2 tou5 bu4 | rock-paper-scissors (game) | | |
| 16 | 大剪刀 | 大剪刀 | dà jiǎn dāo | da4 jian3 dao1 | shears; large scissors; secateurs | | |
| 17 | 包剪锤 | 包剪錘 | bāo jiǎn chuí | bao1 jian3 chui2 | rock-paper-scissors (game) | | |
| 18 | 剪除 | 剪除 | jiǎn chú | jian3 chu2 | to eradicate; to exterminate | | |
| 19 | 剪成 | 剪成 | jiǎn chéng | jian3 cheng2 | cut into | | |
| 20 | 剪草机 | 剪草機 | jiǎn cǎo jī | jian3 cao3 ji1 | lawnmower | | |
| 21 | 剪草除根 | 剪草除根 | jiǎn cǎo chú gēn | jian3 cao3 chu2 gen1 | lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch; to eradicate | | |
| 22 | 剪彩 | 剪彩 | jiǎn cǎi | jian3 cai3 | to cut the ribbon (at an opening); to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) | | |
| 23 | 剪裁 | 剪裁 | jiǎn cái | jian3 cai2 | to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure) | | |
| 24 | 剪报 | 剪報 | jiǎn bào | jian3 bao4 | newspaper cutting; clippings | | |
| 25 | 打薄剪刀 | 打薄剪刀 | dǎ báo jiǎn dāo | da3 bao2 jian3 dao1 | thinning scissors | | |