切

qiē

HSK 33 readings

“To cut” in Chinese is 切 (qiē).

Other characters with the syllable qie: see all 4 →

Meaning

to cut; to slice; to carve
(math.) tangential
definitely; absolutely (not)

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(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
to grind
bound formclose to
bound formeager
to correspond to
(used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)

Example

他总是对我很亲切。

He's always been kind to me.

From 亲切 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

qiēto cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential
qièdefinitely; 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 system should be applied to the previous two characters)

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 切

亲切qīnqièamiableHSK 3 一切yīqièeverythingHSK 3 密切mìqièclose; intimateHSK 4 迫切pòqièurgent; pressingHSK 4 切实qièshífeasibleHSK 6 切除qiēchúto exciseHSK 7-9 切断qiēduànto cut off; to severHSK 7-9 切割qiēgēto cutHSK 7-9

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