切
qiē
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definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 刀 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 切
- Common rank
- #486
- Unicode
- U+5207
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Words with 切
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罗切斯特 | Rochester | |
| 切中时病 | to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home; to hit the nail on the head (i… | |
| 罗巴切夫斯基 | Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician, founder of non-Euclidean geometry | |
| 切尔西 | (name) Chelsea | |
| 切平面 | (geometry) tangent plane | |
| 目空一切 | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilio… | |
| 黑白切 | (Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and s… | |
| 切实可行 | feasible | |
| 切分音 | syncopation | |
| 气管切开术 | (medicine) tracheotomy | |
| 普里切特 | Pratchett (name) | |
| 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 切中 | to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home | |
| 心切 | eager; impatient; guileless | |
| 风切变 | wind shear (meteorology) | |
| 温切斯特 | Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex) | |
| 气切 | (medicine) tracheotomy (abbr. for 氣管切開術|气管切开术[qi4 guan3 qie1 kai1 shu4]) | |
| 不切合实际 | impractical; not conforming to reality | |
| 白切鸡 | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" | |
| 切面 | section; cross-cut; tangent plane (math.) |