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切

Mandarin · pinyin qiē#

Meanings · qiē

  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math.) tangential
Mandarin · pinyin qiè#

Meanings · qiè

  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎn qiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
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切
qiè · cut, mince, slice, carve
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1 · qie1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cai3 · cit3

Cantonese word readings for 切. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife
  2. to cut off; to disconnect
  3. (mathematics) tangent
  4. to switch

character · Etymology 2

  1. to be close to
  2. to bite tightly; to clench
  3. to correspond to; to match
  4. (traditional Chinese medicine) to feel the pulse
  5. eager; ardent
  6. urgent; pressing
  7. must; by all means
  8. main point
  9. (phonetics) short for 反切 (fǎnqiè, “fanqie”)

character · Etymology 3

  1. used in 一切 (yīqiè, “all; every; everything; anything”)

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, colloquial) An interjection conveying a slight sense of disdain or dissatisfaction.

character · Etymology 5

  1. (Cantonese) to be in time for; in time

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切 · qie1 · qie4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 13,688, 13,689
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Exact source records切 切 [qie1] /to cut; to slice; to carve/(math.) tangential/切 切 [qie4] /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)/