HSK 5 · Verbs

切 qiē “to cut” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 切 means

  1. to cut
  2. to slice
  3. to carve
  4. (maths.) tangential

How to say 切

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale切qiē1st tone, high and level

切 in a sentence

  1. 把土豆切一下。

    Bǎ tǔdòu qiē yíxià.

    Cut up the potatoes.

    Sentence #431101 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 切 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 切 (qiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
切qiēto cut; to slice; to carve
  • 七seven · qīSound part
  • 刀knife · dāoMeaning part

刀 hints at the meaning (knife); 七 (qī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiē.

How to write 切

切 4 strokes

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

Words related to 切

Words with 切

一切yíqiè · everything密切mìqiè · close迫切pòqiè · urgent亲切qīnqiè · amiable恳切kěnqiè · earnest切实qièshí · practical确切quèqiè · exact急切jíqiè · eager

More words: Common Verbs

平均píngjūn · average破坏pòhuài · to destroy抢qiǎng · to snatch瞧qiáo · to look at庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate取消qǔxiāo · to cancel去世qùshì · to pass away缺乏quēfá · to lack

FAQs

切 (qiē) means “to cut” or “to slice”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qiē: qiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 切 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 切 from the suggestions. Typing qie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
切 is an HSK 5 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.