砍 meaning in English

kǎn

to chop; to cut down

HSK 7-9verb9 strokes

Meaning of 砍

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǎn
  1. to chop
  2. to cut down
  3. to throw sth at sb

砍 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā砍kǎn倒dào树shù。
He felled the tree.
他tā砍kǎn了le花huā园yuán里lǐ的de一yī棵kē树shù。
He cut down a tree in his garden.
汤tāng姆mǔ砍kǎn了le他tā门mén前qián的de树shù。
Tom cut down the tree that was in front of his house.
所suǒ有yǒu苹píng果guǒ树shù都dōu被bèi砍kǎn倒dào了le。
All the apple trees were cut down.
她tā很hěn善shàn于yú砍kǎn价jià。
She's good at bargaining the price down.

Stroke order for each character

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砍 kǎn · to chop · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 砍.

砍死kǎnsǐto hack to death; to kill with an ax
砍断kǎnduànto chop off
砍头kǎntóuto decapitate; to behead
砍刀kǎndāomachete
砍伐kǎnfáto hew; to cut down

Questions about 砍

What does 砍 mean?

砍 (kǎn) means "to chop; to cut down" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 砍?

砍 is made of 1 character: 砍 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 砍 an HSK word?

Yes. 砍 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.