修剪

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	cut with scissors; scissors
trad. (修剪)		修	剪
simp. #(修剪)		修	剪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ zin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-chién
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-chián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioujiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chien³
    • Yale: syōu-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioujean
    • Palladius: сюцзянь (sjuczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ zin²
    • Yale: sāu jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-chién
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu^ˊ jien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ jian³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ t͡si̯en³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-chián
    • Tâi-lô: siu-tsián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuciern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ t͡siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/

Verb

修剪

1. to trim; to prune

   他把不結果的枝都修剪掉。 [MSC, trad.]
   他把不结果的枝都修剪掉。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bǎ bù jiēguǒ de zhī dōu xiūjiǎn diào. [Pinyin]

   He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.

2. to edit (a film)

Synonyms

• (to trim): 修理 (xiūlǐ)