粵

剪zin2刀dou1

zin2 dou1jiǎn dāo

English

  1. scissors
  2. scissors

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係鉸剪;一種金屬器具,用一粒釘固定一對金屬刀面,用嚟剪嘢嘅。(量詞:把)

Examples

  • 石头剪刀布!

    Rock-paper-scissors, shoot!

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 用剪刀剪图片。

    Use scissors to cut out the pictures.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 这把剪刀剪不好。

    These scissors don't cut well.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 剪刀、石頭、布。

    Rock, paper, scissors.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 这把剪刀不好使。

    These scissors don't cut well.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 她借了我的剪刀。

    She borrowed my scissors.

    Tatoeba · JimmyUK CC BY

  • 阿媽用鉸剪剪咗我啲頭髮。

    媽媽用剪刀剪掉了我的頭髮。 (maa1 maa1 jung6 zin2 dou1 zin2 diu6 liu2 ngo5 dik1 tau4 faat3.)

    Mom use the scissors to cut my hair.

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

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