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砍 kǎn

to chop

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 5
Radical
石
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 石欠 ⿰石欠

Memory hint: stone

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  1. 他正在砍树。
    Tā zhèngzài kǎn shù.
    He is chopping down a tree.
    he currently chop tree
  2. 你为什么要砍这棵树？
    Nǐ wèishénme yào kǎn zhè kē shù?
    Why do you want to cut down this tree?
    you why want chop this (measure) tree (question)
  3. 请不要随便砍伐森林。
    Qǐng bú yào suíbiàn kǎnfá sēnlín.
    Please don't casually cut down the forest.
    please not-need casual chop-down forest
  4. 这块木头砍不动。
    Zhè kuài mùtou kǎn bu dòng.
    This piece of wood can't be chopped.
    this (measure) wood chop not move
  5. 过去村民常常上山砍柴。
    Guòqù cūnmín chángcháng shàngshān kǎnchái.
    In the past, villagers often went up the mountain to chop firewood.
    past villager often go-up-mountain chop-firewood

Words with 砍 (2)