| kǎn | to chop |
| 砍 | to chop to cut down to throw sth at sb |
| 砍下 | chop down |
| 砍价 | to bargain to cut or beat down a price |
| 砍伐 | to hew to cut down |
| 砍伐树木 | fall trees |
| 砍倒 | cut down; hew; fall; log; chop down; cut sth down |
| 砍刀 | chopper (for wood etc) |
| 砍大山 | to chat (1980s Beijing slang) to chew the fat |
| 砍头 | decapitate behead |
| 砍头疮 | maligant boil or carbuncle on the neck |
| 砍断 | to chop off |
| 砍杀 | to attack and kill |
| 砍柴 | to chop or cut firewood |
| 砍树 | to chop wood to chop down trees |
| 砍死 | to hack to death to kill with an ax |
| 砍砸器 | a chopper |