刀 dāo

1. dāo noun knife; a blade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Measure word: 把; for example, 菜刀 'kitchen knife' (Guoyu '刀' n 2; Unihan '刀')
2. dāo noun Kangxi radical 18
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Knife (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. dāo noun knife money
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An old form of coins; as in 刀币 (Guoyu '刀' n 3; Wikipedia '刀币'; Unihan '刀')
4. dāo measure word blade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used either for something that can be prepared with a knife of something in the shape of a knife (Guoyu '刀' n 4; Unihan '刀')
5. dāo noun sword
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 军刀 'sabre' or 武士刀 'katana' (Guoyu '刀' n 1)
6. dāo proper noun Dao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '刀' n 5)

Contained in

• 刀类(刀類) knives; cutlery
• 手刀 hand formed into a flat shape
• 竹刀 shinai
• 凶刀 murder weapon (i.e. knife)
• 砍刀 machete
• 刀布 knife money
• 枪刀剑戟(槍刀劍戟) guns, knives, swords, and spears; weapons
• 瑞士军刀(瑞士軍刀) Swiss Army knife
• 立刀 name of knife pang
• 刀俎 sacrificial knife and altar
• 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
• 锉刀(銼刀) file
• 刀剑(刀劍) a sword
• 滚刀块(滾刀塊) chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
• 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后(刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
• 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
• 刨刀 planing tool
• 吃刀 penetration of a cutting tool
• 刀刺 to stab; to attack with knife
• 铅刀(鉛刀) a blunt knife
• 剪刀差 prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
• 折刀儿(折刀兒) a clasp knife; a folding knife
• 大镰刀(大鐮刀) scythe
• 猎刀(獵刀) hunting knife
• 磨刀霍霍 to sharpen one's sword; to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
• 刀刃 knife blade; crucial point
• 心如刀割 to feel as if having one's heart cut out; to be torn with grief
• 一刀切 to cut all at one stroke; to impose uniformity; one solution fits a diversity of problems; one size fits all
• 刀工 knife work (food preparation)
• 刀口 the blade of a knife ; a dangerous place
• 刀疤 scar from a knife wound
• 刀耕火种(刀耕火種) slash and burn
• 剪刀石头布(剪刀石頭布) rock-paper-scissors (game)
• 刀具 a cutting tool
• 左耳刀 name of Kangxi radical 170
• 刀术(刀術) swordfighting sports
• 转笔刀(轉筆刀) pencil sharpener
• 卷笔刀(卷筆刀) pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
• 路见不平，拔刀相助(路見不平，拔刀相助) to intervene when one sees an injustice; to rush to the rescue; to play the white knight
• 宝刀(寶刀) a sword
• 侧刀旁(側刀旁) name of knife radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18)
• 开刀(開刀) to perform or have an operation; to operate on
• 泥刀 trowel
• 秋刀鱼(秋刀魚) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
• 刀笔(刀筆) writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
• 跨刀 to appear in a show; to give one's support
• 两面三刀(兩面三刀) two-faced, three knives; double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing
• 弹簧刀(彈簧刀) flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife

Also contained in

金错刀 、 大刀会 、 武士刀

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 97
• 《刀部》 Dāo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 76
• 卷三百十四 列傳第二百〇二 雲南土司二 Volume 314 Biographies 202: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 卷二十三上　　　志第十三上　　儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 58
• 卷二十三下　　　志第十三下　　儀衛下 Volume 23b Treatises 14: Ceremonies 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 52
• 卷四十一　志第二十二:　儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 50
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 45
• 卷一百四十七 志第一百 儀衞五 Volume 147 Treatises 100: Ceremonial Guards 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 42
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 41
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 37

Collocations

• 佩刀 (佩刀) 引佩刀自刺 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十四 李廣蘇建傳 Volume 54: Li Guang and Su Jian — count: 13
• 鼓刀 (鼓刀) 太公之鼓刀 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 9
• 刀锯 (刀鋸) 臣刀鋸之餘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《晉世家》 House of Jin — count: 8
• 锥刀 (錐刀) 錐刀之末 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 鸾刀 (鸞刀) 執其鸞刀 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 7
• 刀护 (刀護) 共殺戊己校尉刀護 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 6
• 契刀 (契刀) 又造契刀 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十四下 食貨志 Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 — count: 5
• 竖刀 (豎刀) 豎刀之徒是也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 所染 Book 1 - That Which Is Affectable — count: 5
• 拔刀 (拔刀) 此二子拔刀列斷席別坐 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《田叔列傳》 Biography of Tian Shu — count: 5
• 校尉刀 (校尉刀) 共殺戊己校尉刀護 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 5