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锯

HSK 7-9Character · Noun · VerbTraditional鋸

saw (tool); to saw

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Meanings

2 senses · 10 examples
1.

noun

saw; a tool with a toothed blade for cutting

Used for cutting hard materials like wood, metal, or stone.

Bà爸
ba爸
zài在
cāng仓
kù库
lǐ里
zhǎo找
dào到
le了
yī一
bǎ把
jiù旧
jù锯
 。

Dad found an old saw in the warehouse.

Diàn电
jù锯
de的
shēng声
yīn音
fēi非
cháng常
chǎo吵
nào闹
 。

The sound of the chainsaw is very loud.

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Zhè这
bǎ把
jù锯
de的
chǐ齿
yǐ已
jīng经
dùn钝
le了
 ,
xū需
yào要
mó磨
yī一
xià下
 。

The teeth of this saw are already blunt and need sharpening.

Mù木
jiàng匠
yòng用
gāng钢
jù锯
jù锯
duàn断
le了
gāng钢
guǎn管
 。

The carpenter used a hacksaw to cut through the steel pipe.

Xiǎo小
xīn心
 ,
nà那
shì是
yī一
bǎ把
hěn很
fēng锋
lì利
de的
shǒu手
jù锯
 。

Be careful, that is a very sharp handsaw.

2.

verb

to saw; to cut with a saw

Transitive verb, usually takes the object being cut.

Wǒ我
men们
děi得
bǎ把
zhè这
gēn根
mù木
tou头
jù锯
chéng成
sān三
duàn段
 。

We have to saw this log into three pieces.

Yuán园
dīng丁
zhèng正
zài在
jù锯
diào掉
nà那
kē棵
kū枯
sǐ死
de的
shù树
 。

The gardener is sawing down that dead tree.

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Bié别
jù锯
de得
tài太
kuài快
 ,
xiǎo小
xīn心
qiē切
dào到
shǒu手
 。

Don't saw too fast, be careful not to cut your hand.

Tā他
zài在
gōng工
dì地
shàng上
jù锯
gāng钢
jīn筋
 。

He is sawing steel bars at the construction site.

Qǐng请
bāng帮
wǒ我
bǎ把
zhè这
kuài块
mù木
bǎn板
jù锯
chéng成
yuán圆
xíng形
 。

Please help me saw this wooden plank into a circle.