粵

修sau1剪zin2

sau1 zin2xiū jiǎn

English

  1. to prune
  2. to trim
  3. to trim; to clip; to prune

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 剪到合適長度,唔會生得過長

Examples

  • 妈妈叫我修剪草坪。

    Mother told me to mow the lawn.

    Tatoeba · peipei CC BY

  • 他為羊隻修剪羊毛。

    He clipped the sheep.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 你修剪過蘋果樹嗎?

    Did you trim the apple trees?

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 齊里向里瑪示範如何正確修剪棕櫚樹。

    Ziri showed Rima how to properly prune her palm trees.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我修剪湯姆的草坪,沒有向他收取任何費用。

    I didn't charge Tom anything to mow his lawn.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子,并伴有精心修剪的花园。

    The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 修剪頭髮

    to trim one's hair

  • 修剪樹枝

    to prune branches

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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