# 剪刀 (jiǎndāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 剪刀 (jiǎndāo) means “scissors”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: scissors
- Pinyin: jiǎndāo (jian3 dao1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 把

## Examples

- 请用剪刀把这张纸剪开。
  Qǐng yòng jiǎndāo bǎ zhè zhāng zhǐ jiǎnkāi.
  Please use scissors to cut this piece of paper in half.

## Characters

- [剪](https://hanziro.com/word/jian-cut/) (jiǎn): to cut (with scissors); to trim
- [刀](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-knife/) (dāo): knife; blade

https://hanziro.com/word/jian-dao-scissors/

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