to chop, to cut with a blade

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zài
shì
chǎng
shāng
fàn
kǎn
jià

He is bargaining with the vendor in the market.

2
gōng
rén
men
zhèng
zài
sēn
lín
kǎn
shù

Workers are cutting down trees in the forest.

3
ye
měi
tiān
zǎo
chén
dōu
shān
shàng
kǎn
chái

Grandpa goes to the mountain to chop firewood every morning.

4
kǎn
le
shù

He cut down a tree.

5
wèi
le
bǎo
huán
jìng
men
yīng
gāi
jiǎn
shǎo
kǎn
sēn
lín

To protect the environment, we should reduce deforestation.

6
zhèng
zhì
dìng
le
yán
de
lái
xiàn
zhì
fēi
kǎn
huó
dòng

The government has enacted strict laws to restrict illegal logging activities.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1801
Zhuyinㄎㄢˇ
Components
UnicodeU+780D
CangjieMNHML
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality