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切

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definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #486 U+5207

How 切 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刀 (semantic, “knife”) + 七 (phonetic, qī)

components: 七 刀

How to remember it

cut · Heisig RSH #85

dagger + 七 seven + diced

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 切

WordPinyinMeaning
罗切斯特 Luó qiē sī tè Rochester
切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home; to hit the nail on the head (i…
罗巴切夫斯基 Luó bā qiè fū sī jī Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician, founder of non-Euclidean geometry
切尔西 Qiè ěr xī (name) Chelsea
切平面 qiē píng miàn (geometry) tangent plane
目空一切 mù kōng yī qiè the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending; supercilio…
黑白切 hēi bái qiē (Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and s…
切实可行 qiè shí kě xíng feasible
切分音 qiē fēn yīn syncopation
气管切开术 qì guǎn qiē kāi shù (medicine) tracheotomy
普里切特 Pǔ lǐ qiè tè Pratchett (name)
一切 yī qiè everything; every; all
切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
心切 xīn qiè eager; impatient; guileless
风切变 fēng qiē biàn wind shear (meteorology)
温切斯特 Wēn qiē sī tè Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex)
气切 qì qiē (medicine) tracheotomy (abbr. for 氣管切開術|气管切开术[qi4 guan3 qie1 kai1 shu4])
不切合实际 bù qiè hé shí jì impractical; not conforming to reality
白切鸡 bái qiē jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
切面 qiē miàn section; cross-cut; tangent plane (math.)