鉸剪

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See also: 铰剪

Chinese

scissors; to cut (with scissors) cut with scissors; scissors
trad. (鉸剪)
simp. (铰剪)
alternative forms 較剪较剪 Cantonese
鉫剪 Hokkien
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Etymology

Listed in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as "鉫剪".[1]

Pronunciation


Noun

鉸剪

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min) scissors (Classifier: c;  mn)
  2. (Teochew) small scissors

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References

  1. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 400; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN