HSK 6 · Nature

砍伐 kǎnfá “to fell (trees)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 砍伐 means

  1. to fell (trees)
  2. to cut down
  3. to hew

How to say 砍伐

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale砍kǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale伐fá2nd tone, rising

砍伐 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆在后院砍伐了一棵树。

    Tāngmǔ zài hòuyuàn kǎnfá le yì kē shù.

    Tom cut down a tree in his backyard.

    Sentence #1401724 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在加拿大有很多区域砍伐树木是非法的。

    Zài Jiānádà yǒu hěn duō qūyù kǎnfá shùmù shì fēifǎ de.

    In Canada, logging is illegal in many areas.

    Sentence #3408562 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 砍伐 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 砍 (kǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
砍kǎnto chop
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 欠yawn · qiànSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 欠 (qiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with kǎn.

The character 伐 (fá) with each of its parts in a different colour
伐fáto cut down
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 戈halberd · gē

How to write 砍伐

砍 9 strokes · 伐 6 strokes

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砍伐 (kǎnfá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 砍伐 (kǎnfá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 砍伐

Words with 砍

砍kǎn · to chop

Words with 伐

步伐bùfá · pace

More words: Nature & Environment

湖泊húpō · lake呼啸hūxiào · to whistle茎jīng · stem开采kāicǎi · to mine矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources枯萎kūwěi · to wither茂盛màoshèng · lush蚂蚁mǎyǐ · ant

FAQs

砍伐 (kǎnfá) means “to fell (trees)” or “to cut down”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kǎnfá: kǎn with a 3rd tone, then fá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 砍伐 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kanfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 砍伐 from the suggestions. Typing kanfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
砍伐 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.