斩 meaning in English
to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
Meaning of 斩
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhǎn
- to behead (as form of capital punishment)
- to chop
斩 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他用斧头重重的斩了一下，那棵树就倒了下来。
The tree was felled with one hard blow of his ax.
我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
I flatly refused.
Stroke order for each character
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斩 zhǎn · to behead · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 斩.
| 斩草除根 | zhǎncǎo-chúgēn | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate com |
| 斩首 | zhǎnshǒu | to behead; to decapitate |
| 斩断 | zhǎnduàn | to cut off; to chop sth in half |
Questions about 斩
What does 斩 mean?
斩 (zhǎn) means "to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 斩?
斩 is made of 1 character: 斩 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.
Is 斩 an HSK word?
Yes. 斩 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 斩 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 斩 is written 斬.