HSK 5 HSK C7-9/V7-9
Correct

砍

/ kǎn / 
Strokes

Definition

to chop/to cut down/to throw sth at sb

Example

As a Verb

cut; chop; hack

1
Kǎnsǐ
砍死

hack sb to death

2
Kǎn
砍
shāng
伤

wound by cutting

3
Kǎn
砍
shù
树

fell a tree; cut/hew down a tree; chop/hack a tree down

4
Kǎn
砍
gānzhe
甘蔗

slash sugarcane

5
Kǎnchái
砍柴

cut firewood

As a Verb

cut (down/off)

6
Xīn
新
zhèngfǔ
政府
shàngtái
上台
hòu
后
wǒmen
我们
yǒu
有
jī
几
xiàng
项
jìhuà
计划
bèi
被
kǎn
砍
diào
掉
le
了
  
。

Several of our plans got the axe when the new government came in.

7
Wǒ
我
de
的
yuánwén
原文
yǒu
有
liǎng
两
duàn
段
bèi
被
kǎn
砍
diào
掉
le
了
  
。

Two paragraphs in my original manuscript were cut out.

8
Kǎn
砍
diào
掉
rǒngcí
冗词

cut the superfluous remarks out of an article

9
Bǎ
把
yùsuàn
预算
kǎn
砍
diào
掉
yībàn
一半

hack/chop a budget by half

As a Verb

throw sth at

10
Ná
拿
shítou
石头
kǎn
砍
gǒu
狗

throw a stone at a dog