剪髮

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	hair
trad. (剪髮)		剪	髮
simp. (剪发)		剪	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnfà, jiǎnfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² faat³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): jiên³ fad⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng³ huah⁶ / zieng³ huoh⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnfà
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnfà
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-fa⁴
  - Yale: jyǎn-fà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanfah
  - Palladius: цзяньфа (czjanʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnfǎ [Phonetic: jiánfǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-fa³
  - Yale: jyǎn-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanfaa
  - Palladius: цзяньфа (czjanʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    剪髮／剪发
    減法／减法
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin² faat³
  - Yale: jín faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin² fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ faːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiên³ fad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siɛn³¹ fat̚¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ huah⁶ [Phonetic: zieng² huah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ huaʔ¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng³ huoh⁶ [Phonetic: zieng² huoh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ³³²⁻¹³ huoʔ²/

Verb

剪髮

to have a haircut

Synonyms

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剃頭／剃头 (tìtóu)
理髮／理发 (lǐfà)

Dialectal synonyms of 理髮 (“to have a haircut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理髮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理髮, 剃頭
	Harbin	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Singapore	剪頭髮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	推頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理髮, 剃頭, 剪頭, 剪頭髮
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	剃頭, 理髮
	Wanrong	推頭, 理髮
	Xi'an	剃頭, 理髮
	Xining	剃頭, 理髮
	Xuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	剃頭, 理髮, 推頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	剃頭, 理髮, 剪腦殼, 砍腦殼 humorous
	Chongqing	理髮, 剃頭
	Wuhan	剃頭, 理髮
	Guiyang	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭
	Liuzhou	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shanglin (Sanli)	飛頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	剪頭
	Yangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 理髮
	Hefei	剃頭, 理髮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飛髮
	Hong Kong	飛髮, 剪頭髮, 剪髮, 剪頭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	磨頭, 剃頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	剃頭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	剃頭
	Macau	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	飛髮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	剃頭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Foshan	飛髮
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	飛髮
	Foshan (Shunde)	飛髮
	Foshan (Sanshui)	飛髮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	飛髮
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	剪髮, 剃頭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	飛髮, 剪髮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	飛髮, 剃頭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刮頭, 飛髮
	Taishan	剪毛, 剪頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刮頭
	Enping (Niujiang)	刮頭
	Heshan (Yayao)	剃頭
	Dongguan	剃頭, 飛髮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	剃頭
	Yangjiang	剃頭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	飛髮
	Hepu (Shatian)	飛髮
	Beihai	飛髮
	Beihai (Nankang)	飛髮
	Beihai (Yingpan)	飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	飛髮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	剪髮, 飛髮, 理髮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	剪頭髮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	飛髮
	Móng Cái	剃頭, 飛髮
Gan	Nanchang	剃頭, 理髮
Gan	Lichuan	剃頭
Hakka	Meixian	飛髮, 飛毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	剃頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	剃頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剃頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	剃頭, 飛髮
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	剃頭
	Luhe	剃頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剃頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剃頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剃頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剃頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	剃頭
	Hong Kong	剃頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	剪髮
	Singkawang	剪毛
Huizhou	Jixi	剃頭
Jin	Taiyuan	剃頭, 理髮
Jin	Xinzhou	剃頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剃頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	剃頭, 剪頭髮 of a female
Southern Min	Xiamen	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Quanzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭毛
	Jinjiang	剃頭
	Zhangzhou	剃頭, 剪頭, 鉸頭鬃 usually of a female
	Tainan	剃頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鉸頭毛
	Manila (Hokkien)	剪頭, 剪頭毛
	Chaozhou	剃頭, 剪頭
	Shantou	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Jieyang	剃頭, 鉸毛, 剪毛, 剪頭
	Bangkok (Teochew)	剃頭, 鉸毛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	剃頭
	Leizhou	剃頭, 車毛
	Haikou	剃頭
Puxian Min	Putian	剃頭, 剪髮
Puxian Min	Xianyou	剃頭, 剪髮
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	剃頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	剃頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	剃頭, 飛髮
Wu	Shanghai	剃頭, 剃頭髮, 軋頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	剃頭
	Suzhou	剃頭
	Danyang	剃頭, 剪頭
	Hangzhou	剃頭, 理髮, 剪頭髮 of a female
	Ningbo	剃頭
	Wenzhou	剃頭
	Jinhua	剃頭
Xiang	Changsha	剃頭, 剃頭殼
Xiang	Shuangfeng	剃頭殼

Noun

剪髮

(Puxian Min) a hairstyle in which women's hair is cut to neck length

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “剪发”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 582.