Usage of the character 剪

surname Jian

jiǎn

剪

[剪]

scissors
shears
clippers
CL:把 (bǎ)
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate

cūjiǎn

粗剪

[粗剪]

(cinema) rough cut

cáijiǎn

裁剪

[裁剪]

to cut out

jiǎncái

剪裁

[剪裁]

to tailor (clothes)
to trim (expenditure)

jiǎnjí

剪辑

[剪輯]

to edit (video images, film)

jiǎnjìng

剪径

[剪徑]

to waylay and rob
highway robbery

jiǎnjiē

剪接

[剪接]

film-editing
montage
to cut or edit film

jiǎnyǐng

剪影

[剪影]

paper-cut silhouette
outline
sketch

jiǎnzhǐ

剪纸

[剪紙]

papercutting (Chinese folk art)
to make paper cutouts

shānjiǎn

删剪

[刪剪]

to cut (from a movie etc)
to censor

fǎnjiǎn

反剪

[反剪]

with hands behind one's back
trussed

xiūjiǎn

修剪

[修剪]

to prune
to trim

jiǎndiào

剪掉

[剪掉]

to cut off
to cut away
to trim

shūjiǎn

疏剪

[疏剪]

to prune

jiǎnbào

剪报

[剪報]

newspaper cutting
clippings

jiǎndāo

剪刀

[剪刀]

scissors
CL:把 (bǎ)

jiǎnduàn

剪断

[剪斷]

to cut
to snip

jiǎnlì

剪力

[剪力]

shear
shearing force

jiǎnzi

剪子

[剪子]

clippers
scissors
shears
CL:把 (bǎ)

jiǎnqiē

剪切

[剪切]

to shear
shearing (force)
(computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")

jiǎnchéng

剪成

[剪成]

cut into

jiǎncǎi

剪彩

[剪彩]

to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)

jiǎnzhī

剪枝

[剪枝]

to prune (branches etc)

jiǎncǎi

剪䌽

[剪綵]

to cut the ribbon (at an opening)

jiǎnchú

剪除

[剪除]

to eradicate
to exterminate

jiǎntóu

剪头

[剪頭]

to get a haircut; to give sb a haircut

jiǎnyìnglì

剪应力

[剪應力]

shear stress

jiǎntiēbù

剪贴簿

[剪貼簿]

scrapbook

jiǎndāochā

剪刀差

[剪刀差]

prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)

jiǎnqiēbǎn

剪切板

[剪切板]

(computing) clipboard

jiǎntóufa

剪头发

[剪頭髮]

(to get a) haircut

jiǎntiēbǎn

剪贴板

[剪貼板]

(computing) clipboard

dàjiǎndāo

大剪刀

[大剪刀]

shears
large scissors
secateurs

xǐjiǎnchuī

洗剪吹

[洗剪吹]

shampoo, haircut and blow-dry

jiǎnzuǐ'ōu

剪嘴鸥

[剪嘴鷗]

(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)

bāojiǎnchuí

包剪锤

[包剪錘]

rock-paper-scissors (game)

zhǐjiajiǎn

指甲剪

[指甲剪]

nail clipper

jiǎndāoshǒu

剪刀手

[剪刀手]

V sign (hand gesture)

jiǎnqiēlì

剪切力

[剪切力]

shear
shearing force

jiǎncǎojī

剪草机

[剪草機]

lawnmower

shuāngtóngjiǎnshuǐ

双瞳剪水

[雙瞳翦水]

clear, bright eyes (idiom)

jiǎnqiēxíngbiàn

剪切形变

[剪切形變]

shearing
shear deformation

dǎbáojiǎndāo

打薄剪刀

[打薄剪刀]

thinning scissors

jiǎncǎochúgēn

剪草除根

[剪草除根]

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
to eradicate

jiǎndāoshítoubù

剪刀石头布

[剪刀石頭布]

rock-paper-scissors (game)

shítou,jiǎnzi,bù

石头、剪子、布

[石頭、剪子、布]

rock-paper-scissors (hand game)