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Jyutping zin2 tau4
Pinyin jiǎn tóu

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, colloquial, dialectal
    to have a haircut; to get a haircut
    (syn.) 剃頭, 剃头, 理髮, 剪发, 理发, 剪髮
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你该剪头发了。
    你該剪頭髮了。
    nǐ gāi jiǎn tóu fa le 。
    • You should get your hair cut.
  2. Mandarin
    您是时候剪头发了,它们长得太长了。
    您是時候剪頭髮了,它們長得太長了。
    nín shì shí hou jiǎn tóu fa le , tā men zhǎng de tài zhǎng le 。
    • It's high time you had your hair cut; it's grown too long.
  3. Mandarin
    你叔叔给你阿姨剪头发。
    你叔叔給你阿姨剪頭髮。
    nǐ shū shu gěi nǐ ā yí jiǎn tóu fa 。
    • Your uncle gives your aunt a haircut.
  4. Mandarin
    该是你剪头发的时候了。
    該是你剪頭髮的時候了。
    gāi shì nǐ jiǎn tóu fa de shí hou le 。
    • It's high time you had a haircut.
  5. Mandarin
    她有时候让她的妈妈剪头发。
    她有時候讓她的媽媽剪頭髮。
    tā yǒu shí hou ràng tā de mā ma jiǎn tóu fa 。
    • She sometimes has her mother cut her hair.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我去咗发型屋剪头发。
    我去咗髮型屋剪頭髮。
    ngo5 heoi3 zo2 faat3 jing4 uk1 zin2 tau4 faat3 。
    • I had my hair cut at the barber's.
    • I had my hair cut at a barber's shop.
  2. Cantonese
    我寻日去咗发型屋剪头发。
    我尋日去咗髮型屋剪頭髮。
    ngo5 cam4 jat6 heoi3 zo2 faat3 jing4 uk1 zin2 tau4 faat3 。
    • I had my hair cut at the barber shop yesterday.
  3. Cantonese
    我唔系叫咗你去剪头发嘅咩?
    我唔係叫咗你去剪頭髮嘅咩?
    ngo5 m4 hai6 giu3 zo2 nei5 heoi3 zin2 tau4 faat3 ge3 me1 ?
    • I thought I told you to cut your hair.
  4. Cantonese
    我有个朋友会自己帮自己剪头发。
    我有個朋友會自己幫自己剪頭髮。
    ngo5 jau5 go3 pang4 jau5 wui2 zi6 gei2 bong1 zi6 gei2 zin2 tau4 faat3 。
    • I have a friend who cuts his own hair.
  5. Cantonese
    佢剪头发系因为佢钟意短头发,唔系因为佢失恋。
    佢剪頭髮係因為佢鍾意短頭髮,唔係因為佢失戀。
    keoi5 zin2 tau4 faat3 hai6 jan1 wai4 keoi5 zung1 ji3 dyun2 tau4 faat3 , m4 hai6 jan1 wai4 keoi5 sat1 lyun2 。
    • She had her hair cut because she liked shorter hair, not because she had lost her love.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    快啲剪头发啦,成个鲍鱼刷噉!
    快啲剪頭髮啦,成個鮑魚刷噉!
    faai3 di1 zin2 tau4 faat3 laa1, seng4 go3 baau1 jyu4 caat2 gam2!
    • Go cut your hair, your hair looks like a frickin brush!//
  2. Cantonese
    剪头发
    剪頭髮
    zin2 tau4 faat3
    • to have a hair cut
  3. Cantonese
    入狱嘅时候,男犯人要先剪头发。
    入獄嘅時候,男犯人要先剪頭髮。
    • Male criminals need to cut their hair when getting into prison.
  4. Cantonese
    修剪头发
    修剪頭髮
    sau1 zin2 tau4 faat3
    • to trim one's hair