刀

dāo

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#1dāo

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; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")

#2Dāo

knife, island

Example Sentences

我买了一把刀。

wǒ mǎi le yī bǎ dāo.

I bought a knife.

水果刀在厨房里。

shuǐ guǒ dāo zài chú fáng lǐ.

The fruit knife is in the kitchen.

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