切 - qiē - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

Ninchanese is the best way to learn Chinese.
Try it for free.

Sign me up

4 strokes
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

切

qiē

Definition

to cut
to slice
tangent (math)

Other pronunciations

qiè

definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

彻

chè

thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through

砌

qì

to build by laying bricks or stones

窃

qiè

to steal; secretly; (humble) I

沏

qī

to steep (tea)

Related words (49)

切入

qiē rù

to cut into; to incise; to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc); cut (offensive moves in basketball)

cutter; knife

to cut; cutting; machining

to cut

shear (physics)

incision; notch; slit; gash; margin of a page; trimmed edge (of a page in a book)

tangent direction

to cut into pieces

to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred

切换

qiē huàn

to switch over; to switch modes or data streams; to cut (to a new scene)

to cut off; to sever

chip (golf shot)

contact (math.)

to slice; slice; thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)

incisor tooth

sharp pain

to chop

to compare notes; to learn by interaction

切糕

qiē gāo

traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake

切线

qiē xiàn

tangent line (geometry)

切腹

qiē fù

harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling

切除

qiē chú

to excise; to cut out (a tumor)

切面

qiē miàn

section; cross-cut; tangent plane (math.)

tangential force

tangent vector

tangent plane (to a surface)

切成丝

qiē chéng sī

to grate; to shred (vegetable)

切成块

qiē chéng kuài

to cut into cubes; to dice (vegetable)

切空间

qiē kōng jiān

space of sections (math)

meat cleaver

tangential velocity

slide examination; microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy

余切

yú qiē

cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ

剪切

jiǎn qiē

to shear; shearing (force); to cut (as in "cut-and-paste" in computing)

横切

héng qiē

to cut across; a horizontal cut

正切

zhèng qiē

tangent (of angle), written tan θ

to crop; to trim

inside cut (golf); (math.) inscribed sphere; insphere

剪切力

jiǎn qiē lì

shear; shearing force

弦切角

xián qiē jiǎo

chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)

miter saw

wind shear (meteorology)

剪切形变

jiǎn qiē xíng biàn

shearing; shear deformation

circumcision

circumcision

dān wèi qiē xiàng liàng

unit tangent vector

气管切开术

qì guǎn qiē kāi shù

tracheotomy (medicine)

胸廓切开术

xiōng kuò qiē kāi shù

thoracotomy (medicine)

阑尾切除术

lán wěi qiē chú shù

appendectomy (medicine)

Idioms (2)

切磋琢磨

qiē cuō zhuó mó

gradual improvement by slow polishing (idiom); fig. education as a gradual process

一刀切

yī dāo qiē

(lit.) to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity; one solution fits a diversity of problems; one size fits all

Oh noes!

An error occured, please reload the page.
Don't hesitate to report a feedback if you have internet!

You are disconnected!

We have not been able to load the page.
Please check your internet connection and retry.

Retry