Chinese word

切割

Pronunciation

Pinyinqiē gē

Meaning

  • verbcut

Example

请把蛋糕切割成八块。qǐng bǎ dàn gāo qiē gē chéng bā kuài

Please cut the cake into eight pieces.

Illustration for 切割 (cut)

More examples

工人用锯子把长木板切割成需要的长度。gōng rén yòng jù zi bǎ cháng mù bǎn qiē gē chéng xū yào de cháng dù

A worker uses a saw to cut a long wooden board to the required length.

Core concept

A single whole is cut through so that it becomes separate parts or one part breaks away.

Common phrases

  • 切割木板qiē gē mù bǎn

    cut a wooden board

  • 切割成小块qiē gē chéng xiǎo kuài

    cut into small pieces

Similar words

分割fēn gē: Divide a whole into several separate parts.
切开qiē kāi: Cut an object open to reveal what is inside.
切断qiē duàn: Cut through something so that it becomes separated or no longer connected.
切成qiē chéng: Cut something into a specified shape or size.

Definition in Chinese

用刀具、工具或动作把整体分成若干部分，或把一部分从整体中分离出来；可指物理切开，也可用于抽象事物的划分。yòng dāo jù gōng jù huò dòng zuò bǎ zhéng tǐ fēn chéng ruò gān bù fèn huò bǎ yí bù fèn cóng zhéng tǐ zhōng fēn lí chū lái kě zhǐ wù lǐ qiē kāi yě kě yòng yú chōu xiàng shì wù de huà fēn

Word origin

切割 (qiēgē, "to cut apart") is formed from 切 (qiē, "cut") + 割 (gē, "divide"), combining two cutting ideas to emphasize separation into parts.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this verb can sound more formal or technical than the shorter verbs used for food and objects, so it is especially natural in written, industrial, or procedural descriptions.

Other meanings

  • cut offverb
  • divideverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 切割器qiē gē qìcutternoun
  • 切割面qiē gē miàncutting surfacenoun

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