刀

dāo

HSK level: HSK 4

Meaning

knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain

Characters

刀dāoknife; old coin; measure丿

Examples

把刀放下！

bǎ dāo fàng xià！

Drop the knife!

你有刀吗？

nǐ yǒu dāo ma？

Do you have a knife?

少一把刀。

shǎo yī bǎ dāo。

There is a knife missing.

Words with this character

剪刀 jiǎn dāo scissors 刀子 dāo zi knife 菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife 剃须刀 tì xū dāo shaver 折叠刀 zhé dié dāo folding knife 刀郎 Dāo láng Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎刀塔 Dāo tǎ Defense of the Ancients, video game 掇刀 Duō dāo see 掇刀區|掇刀区[Duo1 dao1 Qu1]刨刀 bào dāo planing tool 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates 补刀 bǔ dāo to finish off a wounded combatant 餐刀 cān dāo table knife 操刀 cāo dāo to hold a knife 吃刀 chī dāo penetration of a cutting tool 持刀 chí dāo to hold a knife 刺刀 cì dāo bayonet 锉刀 cuò dāo file 大刀 dà dāo broadsword 刀疤 dāo bā scar from a knife wound 刀背 dāo bèi back of the knife 刀笔 dāo bǐ writing up of official or judicial documents 刀叉 dāo chā knife and fork 刀锋 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool