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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūjiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - 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

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.
to edit (a film)

Synonyms

(to trim): 修理 (xiūlǐ)