How do you say “shear” in Vietnamese?

“Shear” in Vietnamese is cắt (to cut), xén (to shear).

Vietnamese words for “shear”

• cắtListenverb
  Hanoi [kat̚˧˦] · Saigon [kak̚˦˥]cắt rising

  to cut; snip; slit

  for “shear” meaning: To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.

• xénListenverb
  Hanoi [sɛn˧˦] · Saigon [sɛŋ˦˥]xén rising

  to shear; to trim; to clip

Related Vietnamese words

• chặtListenadjective

  tight

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.