Chinese symbol for “amputate”
割除
gē chú
to amputate; to excise (cut out)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amputate is 割除 (gē chú), defined as: to amputate; to excise (cut out).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “amputate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刽 (劊) | guì | to amputate; to cut off |
| 截肢 | jié zhī | amputation (medicine); to amputate |
| 锯掉 (鋸掉) | jù diào | to saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 割除.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分割 | fēn gē | to cut up; to break up |
| 切割 | qiē gē | to cut |
| 收割 | shōu gē | to harvest; to reap |
| 割据 (割據) | gē jù | to set up an independent regime; to secede |
| 割断 (割斷) | gē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amputate”.
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