jianzhi

See also: jiānzhī, jiānzhí, jiānzhǐ, jiānzhì, jiǎnzhī, jiǎnzhí, jiǎnzhǐ, jiǎnzhì, jiànzhī, and jiànzhì

English

jianzhi “window flower” during Chinese New Year

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 剪紙／剪纸 (jiǎnzhǐ), from 剪 (jiǎn, “to cut with scissors”) + 紙／纸 (zhǐ, “paper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiænˈd͡ʒiː/

Noun

jianzhi (uncountable)

1. Chinese traditional paper cutting.

Coordinate terms

• kirigami
• papercutting

Translations

Chinese paper cutting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剪紙／剪纸 (zh) (jiǎnzhǐ)

• Finnish: jianzhi
• Japanese: 剪紙 (ja) (せんし, senshi), ジエン・ジー (jien-jī)
• Korean: 전지 (ko) (jeonji)
• Russian: цзяньчжи́ n (czjanʹčží)

Anagrams

• Jinzhai