Chinese Word: 砍 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

砍HSK 5

Pinyin: kǎn

English Definition: to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb

Chinese Definition:
①用刀斧等猛剁，用力劈：砍柴。砍伐。
②方言，把东西扔出去：砍砖头。
③喻取缔(某组织)或取消(某项目、条款)：原定的基建项目砍了三分之一。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:欠 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
- 欠 [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

Similar Characters: 弞

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砍伐HSK 6	kǎn fá	to hew; to cut down
乱砍滥伐	luàn kǎn làn fá	to fell trees indiscriminately; excessive deforestation (idiom)
砍刀HSK 5	kǎn dāo	machete
砍价	kǎn jià	to bargain; to cut or beat down a price
砍伤	kǎn shāng	to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash

1		mó dāo 磨刀 bù 不 wù 误 kǎn chái 砍柴 gōng 工。 Sharpening a knife can save chopping work.
2		xiǎo shù 小树 yào 要 kǎn 砍， xiǎo hái 小孩 yào 要 guǎn 管。 A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.
3		kǎn 砍 shù 树 de 的 rén 人 xiāo qù 削去 le 了 shù zhī 树枝 shàng 上 de 的 shù pí 树皮。 The person cutting down the tree removed the bark from the branches.
4		luàn 乱 kǎn fá 砍伐 lín mù 林木 qiāng 将 huì 会 duì 对 shēng tài 生态 huán jìng 环境 zào chéng 造成 bù kě nì de 不可逆的 sǔn hài 损害。 Randomly cutting down trees will cause irreversible damage to the ecological environment.

1		mó dāo 磨刀 bù 不 wù 误 kǎn chái 砍柴 gōng 工。 Sharpening a knife can save chopping work.
2		xiǎo shù 小树 yào 要 kǎn 砍， xiǎo hái 小孩 yào 要 guǎn 管。 A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.
3		kǎn 砍 shù 树 de 的 rén 人 xiāo qù 削去 le 了 shù zhī 树枝 shàng 上 de 的 shù pí 树皮。 The person cutting down the tree removed the bark from the branches.
4		luàn 乱 kǎn fá 砍伐 lín mù 林木 qiāng 将 huì 会 duì 对 shēng tài 生态 huán jìng 环境 zào chéng 造成 bù kě nì de 不可逆的 sǔn hài 损害。 Randomly cutting down trees will cause irreversible damage to the ecological environment.