“Scissors” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “scissors” is はさみ (hasami). In Chinese it is 剪刀 (jiǎn dāo).
Japanese
はさみ
hasami
はさみは気をつけて使ってください。
Use the scissors carefully.
Chinese (Simplified)
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
用剪刀要小心。
Use the scissors carefully.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 把: 一把剪刀 means “one scissors”.
“Scissors” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | はさみ hasami | はさみは気をつけて使ってください。 |
| English | scissors /ˈsɪzərz/ | Use the scissors carefully. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 剪刀 jiǎn dāo | 用剪刀要小心。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 剪刀 jiǎn dāo | 用剪刀要小心。 |
| Korean | 가위 | 가위는 조심해서 쓰세요. |
| Spanish | tijeras | Usa las tijeras con cuidado. |
| French | ciseaux | Fais attention en utilisant les ciseaux. |
| German | Schere | Benutze die Schere vorsichtig. |
| Italian | forbici | Usa le forbici con attenzione. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tesoura | Use a tesoura com cuidado. |
| Russian | ножницы | Пользуйся ножницами осторожно. |
| Arabic | مقص | استخدم المقص بحذر. |
| Hindi | कैंची | कैंची सावधानी से इस्तेमाल करें। |
| Indonesian | gunting | Gunakan gunting dengan hati-hati. |
| Vietnamese | kéo | Hãy dùng kéo cẩn thận. |
| Thai | กรรไกร | ใช้กรรไกรอย่างระมัดระวัง |
| Turkish | makas | Makası dikkatli kullan. |
| Dutch | schaar | Gebruik de schaar voorzichtig. |
| Swedish | sax | Använd saxen försiktigt. |
| Polish | nożyczki | Używaj nożyczek ostrożnie. |
