kǎn

to chop

to cut down; to throw sth at sb

stone tool (石) + sound (欠) = chop and cut down

石 grounds the meaning in hard stone — picture an axe or stone tool striking wood. 欠 mainly contributes the kǎn sound and does not carry a separate meaning here.

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他用斧头木头。

tā yòng fǔ tóu kǎn mù tou。

He uses an axe to chop the wood.

工人们把那棵大树倒了。

gōng rén men bǎ nà kē dà shù kǎn dǎo le。

The workers chopped down that big tree.

Words with 砍

滥砍滥伐

làn kǎn làn fá

wanton destruction of forested lands

磨刀不误砍柴工

mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

砍头

kǎn tóu

to decapitate; to behead

砍杀

kǎn shā

to attack with a bladed weapon

砍伐

kǎn fá

to hew

砍伤

kǎn shāng

to wound with a blade or hatchet

砍价

kǎn jià

to bargain

砍刀

kǎn dāo

machete

砍大山

kǎn dà shān

variant of 侃大山[kan3 da4 shan1]

砍断

kǎn duàn

to chop off

砍树

kǎn shù

to chop wood

砍死

kǎn sǐ

to hack to death

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