Chinese Word: 剑 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

剑 (Trad.: 劍)HSK 6

Pinyin: jiàn
English Definition: double-edged sword; Classifiers: 口 ; classifier for blows of a sword

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 刀

Pictophonetic: 佥 indicates the sound; 刂 (knife) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 佥 [ qiān ] all, together, unanimous
- 刂 [ dāo ] knife

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Example Words:

上方宝剑 [ shàng fāng bǎo jiàn ]: imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers); imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill

佩剑 [ pèi jiàn ]: sword; (fencing) saber

利剑 [ lì jiàn ]: sharp sword

刻舟求剑 [ kè zhōu qiú jiàn ]: lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

刘剑峰 [ liú jiàn fēng ]: Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan

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Example Sentences

chuán
船
tíng xià lái
停下来
hòu
后

，
zhè ge
这个
rén
人
gēn jù
根据
zì jǐ
自己
kè xià
刻下
de
的
jì hao
记号

，
tiào
跳
dào
到
shuǐ lǐ
水里
qù
去
zhǎo
找
jiàn
剑

。

When the boat stopped, the man jumped into the water to look for his sword.
dà tīng
大厅
de
的
qiáng shàng
墙上
yǒu
有
liǎng
两
bǎ
把
jiàn
剑

，
tā men
它们
duì chèn
对称
de
的
fàng
放
zhe
着

，
tā men
它们
shì
是
zhuān tí
专题
bào gào huì
报告会
de
的
biāo zhì
标志

。

There were two swords on the wall of the hall. They were put in symmetry.
tā
他
tiào
跳
jiāng
将
qián qù
前去

，
tā
他
de
的
jiàn
剑
gāo gāo
高高
zài
在
jǔ
举

。

He springs forward, his sword aloft.
wǒ
我
zhī dào
知道
yī bǎ
一把
jiàn
剑
yīng gāi
应该
zhī dào
知道
de
的
yí qiè
一切

。

I know what a sword knows.
“
nǐ
你
duì
对
jiàn
剑
liǎo jiě
了解
duō shǎo
多少

？

”
tā
她
shēng qì
生气
de
地
cuì
啐
chū
出
zhè
这
jǐ ge
几个
zì
字

，
sì hū
似乎
shòu dào
受到
tā men
它们
de
的
shāng hài
伤害

。

"What do you know about swords?" She spat the words at him as if they hurt her.

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