裁剪

Chinese

		cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement	cut with scissors; scissors
trad. (裁剪)		裁	剪
simp. #(裁剪)		裁	剪
anagram		剪裁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáijiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ zin²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhâi-chián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵ ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáijiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáijiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chien³
    • Yale: tsái-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairjean
    • Palladius: цайцзянь (cajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ zin²
    • Yale: chòih jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-chián
    • Tâi-lô: tshâi-tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaiciern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai¹³⁻²² t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³⁻³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai⁵ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Verb

裁剪

1. (literal) to tailor (clothes); to trim; to prune; to crop
2. (figurative) to consider trade-offs