cắt
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
cắt means to cut; snip; slit.
Meanings of cắt in English
Verb
- to sever using a sharp object; to cut, snip, slit, trim, clip, shear, etc.
- sao chép, cắt và dánto copy, cut and paste
- to intersect
- đường thẳng d cắt đường thẳng f tại điểm Bline d intersects line f at point B
Noun
- falcon (bird of the genus Falco)
- nhanh như cắtvery quick; very swift
Words with cắt
Idioms and sayings with cắt
- chôn nhau cắt rốn — where one was born; (the place) of one's birth
Example sentences with cắt
- Mẹ tôi bảo tôi đi cắt cỏ. Mother told me to mow the lawn.
- Má tôi bảo tôi đi cắt cỏ. Mother told me to mow the lawn.
- Mẹ tôi cắt phô mai bằng dao. My mother cut cheese with a knife.
- Chúng ta dùng dao để cắt thức ăn. We use a knife to slice food.
- Cái máy cắt cỏ này chạy bằng xăng. This lawn mower runs on petrol.
- Tôi cần một con dao để cắt dây thừng. I want a knife with which to cut the rope.
- David đã cắt bỏ mái tóc dài của mình. David cut off his long hair.
- Nước bị cắt rồi. The water has been cut off.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, cắt could be written as 拮, 㓤, 割, 𢵷. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *kac, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kacʔ (“to pluck; to harvest”). Cognate with Muong Bi cách, Pacoh kéiq (“to pick, to pluck”), Ngeq kɛc, Khmer កាច់ (kac, “to break, to snap”), Bahnar kĕch (“to harvest”), Pnar khait (“to pick”), Kensiu kec. Doublet of gặt (“to harvest”) through a prefixed form.
Frequently asked questions
What does cắt mean in English?
cắt (verb) means "to cut; snip; slit".
How do you pronounce cắt?
IPA: Hanoi [kat̚˧˦]; Saigon [kak̚˦˥]. Tones: cắt — rising tone (sắc).