砍 [－]

Jyutping ham2
Pinyin kǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to chop
  2. to cut down
  3. to throw sth at sb
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to chop/to cut down/to throw sth at sb/to hack/to throw at/to abolish
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    用​利器​將​物件​大力​噉​劈斷
    to cut; to chop
    • 政府漏夜 砍咗幾樖老樹。
      政府漏夜 砍咗几樖老树。
      zing3 fu2 lau6 je6 ham2 zo2 gei2 po1 lou5 syu6
      The government cut down a few old trees overnight.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, dialectal
    to throw in order to hit
  2. character
    a surname: Kan
  3. character
    Same as 侃 (kǎn) to chat
    (syn.) 侃
  4. character
    to hack; to chop; to cut; to fell
    • 砍伐
      砍伐
      kǎn fá
      to cut down
  5. character
    to reduce; to weaken
    (syn.) 削减, 减少, 縮減, 收缩, 压缩, 鐫汰, 耗, 收縮, 减低, 壓縮, 减损, 降低, 缩减, 減低, 裁, 裁汰, 损, 撤, 削, 減少, 紧缩, 減損, 减轻, 裁減, 消减, 緊縮, 裁减, 損, 消減, 削減, 減輕, 镌汰
    • 砍價
      砍价
      kǎn jià
      to reduce prices
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. hack, chop, cut, fell
  2. Cangjie Input
    MRNO
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2356
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #459
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    所有苹果树都被砍倒了。
    所有蘋果樹都被砍倒了。
    suǒ yǒu píng guǒ shù dōu bèi kǎn dào le 。
    • All the apple trees were cut down.
  2. Mandarin
    他在花园里砍了一棵树。
    他在花園裏砍了一棵樹。
    tā zài huā yuán lǐ kǎn le yī kē shù 。
    • He cut down a tree in his garden.
  3. Mandarin
    他砍了花园里的一棵树。
    他砍了花園裏的一棵樹。
    tā kǎn le huā yuán lǐ de yī kē shù 。
    • He cut down a tree in his garden.
  4. Mandarin
    我从树上砍下了一根树枝。
    我從樹上砍下了一根樹枝。
    wǒ cóng shù shàng kǎn xià le yī gēn shù zhī 。
    • I cut a branch from the tree.
  5. Mandarin
    汤姆在后院砍伐了一棵树。
    湯姆在後院砍伐了一棵樹。
    tāng mǔ zài hòu yuàn kǎn fá le yī kē shù 。
    • Tom cut down a tree in his yard.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 他一刀砍来，我拿枪架住。
    他一刀砍來，我拿槍架住。
    • I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
  2. Cantonese
    政府漏夜 砍咗几樖老树。
    政府漏夜 砍咗幾樖老樹。
    zing3 fu2 lau6 je6 ham2 zo2 gei2 po1 lou5 syu6
    • The government cut down a few old trees overnight.
  3. Cantonese
    观塘个规划太差，要成个砍掉重练。
    觀塘個規劃太差，要成個砍掉重練。
    gun1 tong4 go3 kwai1 waak6 taai3 caa1, jiu3 seng4 go3 ham2 diu6 cung4 lin6.
    • Urban planning of Kwun Tong is too bad, it needs to be started all over again.
  4. Cantonese
    砍伐林木
    砍伐林木
    ham2 fat6 lam4 muk6
    • to log; to cut down trees in a forest for their wood
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    砍伐
    砍伐
    kǎn fá
    • to cut down
  2. Mandarin
    砍价
    砍價
    kǎn jià
    • to reduce prices
  3. Mandarin
    森林砍伐率
    森林砍伐率
    sēn lín kǎn fá lǜ
    • rate of deforestation
  4. Mandarin
    一会儿一个小男孩走进来，很娴熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就将蛇头砍掉了
    一會兒一個小男孩走進來，很嫺熟地捏起蛇三下五除二就將蛇頭砍掉了
    yī huì r5 yī ge xiǎo nán hái zǒu jìn lái ， hěn xián shú de niē qǐ shé sān xià wǔ chú èr jiù jiāng shé tóu kǎn diào le
    • After a while, a little boy came in and expertly took hold of the snake. In the blink of an eye, he had cut off its head
  5. Mandarin
    砍头不要紧，只要主义真。杀了夏明翰，还有后来人。
    砍頭不要緊，只要主義真。殺了夏明翰，還有後來人。
    kǎn tóu bù yào jǐn ， zhǐ yào zhǔ yì zhēn ． shā le xià míng hàn ， hái yǒu hòu lái rén ．
    • Beheading does not matter; so long as I stay true to my principle / ideology. Already killed Xia Minghan shall be; others will later come still.