Back to Hanzi
zhǎn
to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
🔤 Pictophonetic: 斤 (axe) provides meaning, 车 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 ✏️ 8 strokes Common • Top 25%

Words Using 斩 (18)

斩钉截铁
zhǎndīngjiétiě
HSK 6
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) / fig. resolute and decisive / unhesitating / categorical
zhǎn
to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop
斩断
zhǎnduàn
to cut off / to chop sth in half
披荆斩棘
pījīngzhǎnjí
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
斩杀
zhǎnshā
to kill and behead
斩眼
zhǎnyǎn
to blink (literary)
斩而不奏
zhǎnérbùzòu
to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)
斩草除根
zhǎncǎochúgēn
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
斩首
zhǎnshǒu
to behead
杀虎斩蛟
shāhǔzhǎnjiāo
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
Show 8 more words