Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiàn
English
- sword, dagger, saber
- double-edged sword
- sword
- CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]
- classifier for blows of a sword
粵語
- 一種武器，分為劍身、劍柄兩部分，劍身細長而雙面開鋒，頭部收窄成尖端（量詞：把）
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Variants
Words containing 劍
- 寶劍bou2 gim3
(double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one)
- 劍道gim3 dou6
kendō (sports)
- 劍指gim3 zi2
(fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc)
- 格劍gaak3 gim3
(noun) frotting (a type of sex act)
- 劍術gim3 seot6
swordsmanship
- 劍蘭gim3 laan4
Gladiolus
- 劍擊gim3 gik1
fencing (sport)
- 劍橋gim3 kiu4
Cambridge
- 劍花gim3 faa1
Hylocereus undatus [flower]
- 劍球gim3 kau4
kendama
- 劍河gim3 ho4
see 劍河縣|剑河县[Jian4 he2 Xian4]
- 太極劍taai3 gik6 gim3
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 擊劍gik1 gim3
fencing (sport)
- 劍客gim3 haak3
swordsman
- 劍閣gim3 gok3
see 劍閣縣|剑阁县[Jian4 ge2 Xian4]
- 劍尖gim3 zim1
point
- 放飛劍fong3 fei1 gim3
to spit (saliva or phlegm)
- 劍麻gim3 maa4
sisal hemp
- 劍柄gim3 beng3
sword hilt
- 刀光劍影dou1 gwong1 gim3 jing2
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
- 慧劍wai6 gim3
sword of wisdom (a term in Buddhism)
- 手裡劍sau2 lei5 gim3
straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)
- 中劍zung3 gim3
- 花劍faa1 gim3
foil (fencing)