剪刀

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	knife
trad. (剪刀)		剪	刀
simp. ^#(剪刀)		剪	刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiǎndāo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian³ dao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² dou¹
Gan (Wiktionary): jien³ dau
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chién-tô

(Hailu, HRS): zien^ˊ do^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiên³ dau¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng³ do¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chián-to
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zin² daau¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵ci-tau₁ / ³cie-tau₁ / ³tsie-tau₁ / ³cien-tau₁ / ³ci-tau₁
- (Jinhua): ³tsiaa-tau₁
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn³ dau¹

(Loudi, Wiktionary): zinn³ deu^1*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndao
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-tao¹
  - Yale: jyǎn-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandau
  - Palladius: цзяньдао (czjanʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jian³ dao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giandao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³ tau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin² dou¹
  - Yale: jín dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin² dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jien³ dau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn²¹³⁻²¹ tau¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chién-tô
  - Hakka Romanization System: jien^ˋ do^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jian³ do¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯en³¹ to²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zien^ˊ do^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sien²⁴⁻³³ to⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiên³ dau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiɛn³¹ tau⁴⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ do¹ [Phonetic: zieng⁵ no¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ciâng-deo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(t-)no⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ do¹ [Phonetic: zieng⁵ no¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(t-)no⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chián-to
  - Tâi-lô: tsián-to
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciefndoy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: zin² daau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sin³³ tau⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci-tau₁
  - MiniDict: ci^去 tau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-tau₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ tɔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ³cie-tau₁
  - MiniDict: cie^上 tau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕie⁴² tɔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³tsie-tau₁
  - MiniDict: tsie^上 tau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sɪ⁵² tæ¹¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³cien-tau₁
  - MiniDict: cien^上 tau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiẽ̞⁵⁵ tɔ²¹/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ³ci-tau₁
  - MiniDict: ci^上 tau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕi³³ tɔ³⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³tsiaa-tau₁
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sia⁵⁵ tɑu³³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zienn³ dau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si̯ẽ⁴¹ tɒu̯³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹ tɒu̯³³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: zinn³ deu^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ⁴² tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³/

Middle Chinese: tsjenX taw

Rime
Character	剪	刀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	即淺切	都勞切
Baxter	tsjenX	taw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇn^X/	/tɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn^X/	/tɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn^X/	/tɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian^X/	/taw/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn^X/	/tɑu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn^X/	/tɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn^X/	/tɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn	dāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin²	dou¹

Noun

剪刀

(countable) scissors (Classifier: 把 m)
用剪刀理髮／用剪刀理发 ― yòng jiǎndāo lǐfà ― to cut hair with scissors
- 不知細葉誰裁出，二月春風似剪刀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  不知细叶谁裁出，二月春风似剪刀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 7th–8th century, He Zhizhang, 詠柳
  Bùzhī xì yè shéi cái chū, èryuè chūnfēng sì jiǎndāo. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 剪刀 (“scissors”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剪刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	剪子
	Taiwan	剪刀
	Harbin	剪子
	Shenyang	剪子
	Singapore	剪刀
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	剪子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剪子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	剪子
	Wanrong	剪子
	Zhengzhou	剪
	Xi'an	剪子
	Xining	剪子, 剪剪
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	剪子, 剪刀
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	剪子
	Lanzhou	剪子
	Ürümqi	剪子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	剪刀
	Wuhan	剪子
	Guiyang	剪刀
	Kunming	剪子
	Guilin	剪刀
	Liuzhou	剪刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剪子
	Yangzhou	剪子
	Hefei	剪子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鉸剪
	Hong Kong	鉸剪
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鉸剪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鉸剪
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鉸剪
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鉸剪
	Macau	鉸剪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鉸剪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鉸剪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鉸剪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鉸剪
	Foshan	鉸剪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鉸剪
	Foshan (Shunde)	鉸剪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鉸剪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鉸剪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鉸剪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鉸剪
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鉸剪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鉸剪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鉸剪
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鉸剪
	Taishan	鉸剪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鉸剪
	Enping (Niujiang)	鉸剪
	Heshan (Yayao)	鉸剪
	Dongguan	鉸剪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鉸剪
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	鉸剪
	Qingyuan	鉸剪
	Fogang	鉸剪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鉸剪
	Yangshan	鉸剪, 剪刀
	Lianshan (Butian)	鉸剪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鉸剪
	Shaoguan	鉸剪
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鉸剪
	Renhua	鉸剪
	Lechang	鉸剪
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鉸剪
	Sihui	鉸剪
	Guangning	鉸剪
	Deqing	鉸剪
	Huaiji	鉸剪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鉸剪
	Yunfu	鉸剪
	Xinxing	鉸剪
	Luoding	鉸剪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鉸剪
	Yangjiang	鉸剪
	Xinyi	鉸剪
	Maoming (Xinpo)	鉸剪
	Lianjiang	鉸剪
	Nanning	剪刀, 鉸剪
	Wuzhou	鉸剪
	Yulin	鉸剪
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	剪刀
	Guiping	鉸剪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	剪刀
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	鉸剪
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	鉸剪
	Baise	剪刀
	Bobai	剪刀
	Lingshan	剪刀
Pubei	剪刀
Qinzhou	剪刀
Beihai	剪刀
Ningming	剪刀
Hengzhou	剪刀
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	剪刀
Danzhou	剪刀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鉸剪
Singapore (Guangfu)	鉸剪
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鉸剪
Yangon (Taishan)	鉸剪
Mandalay (Taishan)	鉸剪
Gan	Nanchang	剪刀
	Lichuan	剪仔, 剪刀
	Pingxiang	剪子
Hakka	Meixian	剪刀
	Dabu (Xihe)	剪刀
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	剪刀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剪刀
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剪刀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剪刀
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	剪刀
	Wengyuan	剪刀
	Liannan	剪刀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	剪刀
	Jiexi	剪刀
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	剪刀
	Changting	剪刀
	Wuping	剪刀
	Wuping (Yanqian)	剪刀
	Liancheng	剪刀
	Ninghua	剪刀
	Yudu	鉸剪
	Ningdu	鉸剪
	Shicheng	剪刀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	剪刀
	Tonggu (Sandu)	鉸剪
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	剪刀
	Dayu	鉸剪
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剪刀, 哈沙米
	Hong Kong	剪刀, 鉸剪
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鉸剪
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	剪刀
	Xinyi (Sihe)	鉸剪
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	鉸剪
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	鉸剪
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	剪刀
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	鉸剪
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	剪刀
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	剪刀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	剪刀
	Luchuan	鉸剪
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	剪刀
	Bobai (Shahe)	剪刀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	剪刀
	Mashan (Pianlian)	剪刀
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	剪刀
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪刀
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	剪刀
	Singkawang	剪刀
Huizhou	Jixi	剪刀
	Shexian	剪刀
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	剪刀
	Xiuning	剪
	Yixian	剪
	Qimen	剪刀
	Wuyuan	剪刀
	Fuliang	剪哩
Jin	Taiyuan	剪子
	Pingyao	剪子
	Xinzhou	剪子
	Hohhot	剪子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剪仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	剪仔
	Songxi	剪錐
	Zhenghe	剪錐
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	鉸剪
	Jianyang	剪仔
	Wuyishan	剪仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	剪仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鉸刀
	Fuzhou (Changle)	鉸刀
	Fuqing	鉸刀
	Yongtai	鉸刀
	Gutian	鉸刀
	Fu'an	鉸刀
	Ningde	鉸刀
	Shouning	鉸剪
	Zhouning	鉸刀
	Fuding	鉸剪
	Matsu	鉸刀
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉸刀, 鉸剪
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鉸刀
	Quanzhou	鉸刀, 鉸剪
	Jinjiang	鉸刀, 鉸剪
	Yongchun	鉸剪
	Dehua	鉸剪
	Zhangzhou	鉸剪
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	鉸剪
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鉸剪
	Pinghe	鉸剪
	Zhangpu	鉸刀
	Zhao'an	鉸刀
	Dongshan	鉸刀
	Taipei	鉸刀
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鉸刀
	Kaohsiung	鉸刀
	Yilan	鉸刀
	Changhua (Lukang)	鉸刀
	Taichung	鉸刀
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鉸刀
	Tainan	鉸刀, chiok-kih GT
	Taitung	鉸刀
	Hsinchu	鉸刀
	Kinmen	鉸刀, 鉸剪, 鉸攆
	Penghu (Magong)	鉸刀, 鉸剪
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸刀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸刀, 鉸剪
	Manila (Hokkien)	鉸剪, 鉸攆, 剪刀
	Longyan	鉸剪
	Zhangping	鉸剪
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鉸剪, 鉸刀, 剪刀
	Datian	鉸剪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	剪子
	Chaozhou	鉸刀
	Shantou	鉸刀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鉸刀
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鉸刀
	Jieyang	鉸刀
	Haifeng	鉸刀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鉸刀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鉸刀
	Singapore (Teochew)	鉸刀
	Leizhou	鉸刀
	Wenchang	鉸刀
	Haikou	鉸刀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鉸刀
Puxian Min	Putian	鉸刀
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鉸刀
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鉸刀
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鉸刀
	Xianyou	鉸刀
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鉸刀
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鉸刀
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鉸剪
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鉸剪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剪刀, 鉸剪
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	剪刀
Shehua	Fu'an	剪刀
	Fuding	剪刀
	Luoyuan	剪刀
	Sanming	剪刀
	Shunchang	剪刀
	Hua'an	剪刀
	Guixi (Zhangping)	剪刀
	Cangnan	剪刀
	Jingning (Hexi)	剪刀
	Lishui	剪刀
	Longyou	剪刀
	Chaozhou	剪刀
	Fengshun	剪刀
Wu	Shanghai	剪刀
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剪刀
	Suzhou	剪刀
	Wuxi	剪刀
	Danyang	剪刀
	Hangzhou	剪刀
	Ningbo	剪刀
	Wenzhou	鉸剪
	Jinhua	剪刀
Xiang	Changsha	剪刀
	Loudi	剪刀
	Shuangfeng	剪刀
	Quanzhou	剪刀, 剪子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

剪刀差 (jiǎndāochā)
剪刀石頭布 / 剪刀石头布 (jiǎndāo shítou bù)

Descendants

→ Old Turkic:
- Early Old Oghuz: سندو
  - Old Anatolian Turkish: صندو (sındu)
    - Ottoman Turkish: صندی (sındı), صیندی (sındı), صیندو (sındu)
      - Turkish: sındı
  - Turkmen: syndy (“scissors used in carpet making”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
剪	刀
せん Hyōgai	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんとー [sèńtóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

剪(せん)刀(とう) • (sentō) ^{←せんたう (sentau)^?}

scissors, especially those used in surgery

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
剪	刀
はさみ
Hyōgai	Grade: 2
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 剪刀 – see the following entry.

【鋏はさみ】H

[noun] a (pair of) scissors

[noun] a punch as used to make a hole in a piece of paper

Alternative spellings
ハサミ, 螯, 鉗

(This term, 剪刀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“〈^▲剪刀〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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