kǎn
砍 (kǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb”.
Meanings
- 1to chop
- 2to cut down
- 3to throw sth at sb
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
砍刀machete砍价to bargain砍伐to hew滥砍滥伐wanton destruction of forested lands砍伤to wound with a blade or hatchet砍头to decapitate; to behead砍头不过风吹帽to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)砍断to chop off砍杀to attack with a bladed weapon砍树to chop wood砍死to hack to death磨刀不误砍柴工lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)