<p>I would say that "開面" as "to slice open" in cantodict is <strong>wrong</strong>. Have a look at 國語辭典, these two terms are listed:</p>

<p><a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000076573" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000076573</a></p>

<p><a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000099591" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000099591</a></p>

<p>About "I sliced my finger", you may consider:  (u+20779). I guess that your computer / tablet needs to have a suitable font in order to display it.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rWlV5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rWlV5.png" alt="p1"></a></p>

<p>Usage:
Your colleague asked "What happened to your finger?"</p>

<p>Answer: "<a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/bei2.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">比</a><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/zoeng1.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">張</a><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/zi2.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">紙</a><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/gaai3.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer"></a><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/can1.Mp3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">親</a>" (Click each character for its sound file :)</p>

<p>Roughly, "比張紙" is "by a piece of paper"; "親" is "sliced".</p>

<p>Be careful :)</p>

<p>Edited.</p>

<p>Of course you can :)</p>

<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%AF%94" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"比" (u+6bd4)</a>, or <a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E4%BF%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"俾" (u+4ffe)</a> are equal in this context, you can use either one, I quoted "比" just because it's simpler, has fewer strokes.</p>

<p>Now, here's another one: <a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E7%95%80" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"畀" (u+7540)</a>, which is the ancestor of the above two. It existed since oracle bone script, used commonly in literatures of yore. Unfortunately, nowadays this original character is not well recognised; that's why people are using "比" or "俾" most of the time.</p>

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Was able to use canjie input on my phone for '', thank you.

Is '俾' a suitable replacement for '比' in this context?
Oiohwah
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i edited the answer, cause it's hard to express clearly in comment :)
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"比" ~= comparison; "畀" ~= give/allow; "俾" ~= allow/make sth happens .... These three characters have distinct usages.
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水巷孑蠻
<p>What do you mean by "to cut or slice open a body part"?</p>

<p>If it is a small wound, you can say "" (<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/85/js/20779.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/85/js/20779.htm</a>) or, less commonly, "鎅" (<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/26/js/9385.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/26/js/9385.htm</a>).  e.g. "損".</p>

<p>If it is caused by slashes, you can say "劈" (<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/5288.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/5288.htm</a>)</p>

<p>If there is a big open wound, you can say "劏" (<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/528F.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/528F.htm</a>).  e.g. "劏開"</p>

<p>If such body part(s) is sliced away, you can say "片" (<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/7247.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/7247.htm</a>), which is pronounced as pin2 (<a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/sound.php?s=pin2" rel="nofollow">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/sound.php?s=pin2</a>) in such usage.  e.g. "塊皮畀車葉片咗去" (a layer of skin is sliced away by the propellers).</p>

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Henry HO
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  <p><em>Haven't managed to find a usage that speaks specifically to cut or slice open a body part.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>剖開 - cut open. 
Examples: 剖開胸部 (cut open the chest);剖開腹部 (cut open the abdomens)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>Haven't managed to find a usage that speaks specifically to cut or slice open a body part.</p>

<p>Also seeing contradictions (or perhaps information gaps) between CantoDict and Pleco.</p>

<p>Some notes:</p>

<ul>
<li>CantoDict says '<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16614/" rel="nofollow">開面</a>' means 'slice open' while Pleco describes this as a face-painting technique for Cantonese opera.</li>
<li>'<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/56427/" rel="nofollow">切片</a>' seems like it could apply, though Pleco suggests more of a Medical context.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>How many variants can you make of <em>"I sliced my finger"</em> in Traditional Chinese / verbal Cantonese (slang)?</strong></p>

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If you mean the act that a surgeon/doctor makes a cut to open/gain access to some tissue or organ, then it's 切開 (with Traditional characers, literally 'cut [in order] to open'). However, if you need to express that someone has cut their finger as an accident and thus got injured you would use 切傷 (literally cut [to] injure).
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"to slice or cut (a finger)" in Traditional Chinese / Spoken Cantonese?
# "to slice or cut (a finger)" in Traditional Chinese / Spoken Cantonese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-03)

Haven't managed to find a usage that speaks specifically to cut or slice open a body part.

Also seeing contradictions (or perhaps information gaps) between CantoDict and Pleco.

Some notes:

* CantoDict says '[開面](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16614/)' means 'slice open' while Pleco describes this as a face-painting technique for Cantonese opera.
* '[切片](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/56427/)' seems like it could apply, though Pleco suggests more of a Medical context.

**How many variants can you make of *"I sliced my finger"* in Traditional Chinese / verbal Cantonese (slang)?**

**Tags:** word-choice, usage, cantonese, word-requests, traditional-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you mean the act that a surgeon/doctor makes a cut to open/gain access to some tissue or organ, then it's 切開 (with Traditional characers, literally 'cut [in order] to open'). However, if you need to express that someone has cut their finger as an accident and thus got injured you would use 切傷 (literally cut [to] injure).  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-04. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I would say that "開面" as "to slice open" in cantodict is **wrong**. Have a look at 國語辭典, these two terms are listed:

<http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000076573>

<http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000099591>

About "I sliced my finger", you may consider: (u+20779). I guess that your computer / tablet needs to have a suitable font in order to display it.

[![p1](https://i.sstatic.net/rWlV5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rWlV5.png)

Usage:
Your colleague asked "What happened to your finger?"

Answer: "[比](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/bei2.Mp3)[張](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/zoeng1.Mp3)[紙](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/zi2.Mp3)[親](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/sound/can1.Mp3)" (Click each character for its sound file :)

Roughly, "比張紙" is "by a piece of paper"; "親" is "sliced".

Be careful :)

Edited.

Of course you can :)

["比" (u+6bd4)](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%AF%94), or ["俾" (u+4ffe)](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E4%BF%BE) are equal in this context, you can use either one, I quoted "比" just because it's simpler, has fewer strokes.

Now, here's another one: ["畀" (u+7540)](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E7%95%80), which is the ancestor of the above two. It existed since oracle bone script, used commonly in literatures of yore. Unfortunately, nowadays this original character is not well recognised; that's why people are using "比" or "俾" most of the time.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Was able to use canjie input on my phone for '', thank you.  Is '俾' a suitable replacement for '比' in this context?  
> **username_2**: i edited the answer, cause it's hard to express clearly in comment :)  
> **username_3**: "比" ~= comparison; "畀" ~= give/allow; "俾" ~= allow/make sth happens .... These three characters have distinct usages.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-05. Score: 0

What do you mean by "to cut or slice open a body part"?

If it is a small wound, you can say "" (<http://www.zdic.net/z/85/js/20779.htm>) or, less commonly, "鎅" (<http://www.zdic.net/z/26/js/9385.htm>). e.g. "損".

If it is caused by slashes, you can say "劈" (<http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/5288.htm>)

If there is a big open wound, you can say "劏" (<http://www.zdic.net/z/16/js/528F.htm>). e.g. "劏開"

If such body part(s) is sliced away, you can say "片" (<http://www.zdic.net/z/1e/js/7247.htm>), which is pronounced as pin2 (<http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/sound.php?s=pin2>) in such usage. e.g. "塊皮畀車葉片咗去" (a layer of skin is sliced away by the propellers).


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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-07-13. Score: -1

> *Haven't managed to find a usage that speaks specifically to cut or slice open a body part.*

剖開 - cut open.
Examples: 剖開胸部 (cut open the chest);剖開腹部 (cut open the abdomens)


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