刀 dāo
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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') -
dāo
noun
Kangxi radical 18
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Knife (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
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') -
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') -
dāo
noun
sword
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 军刀 'sabre' or 武士刀 'katana' (Guoyu '刀' n 1) -
dāo
proper noun
Dao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '刀' n 5)
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- 铅笔刀(鉛筆刀) pencil sharpener
- 铅刀(鉛刀) a blunt knife
- 军刀(軍刀) military knife; saber
- 尖刀 dagger; sharp pointed knife
- 餐刀 table knife; dinner knife
- 滚刀肉(滾刀肉) annoying person; troublemaker; pain in the neck
- 调药刀(調藥刀) spatula
- 细磨刀石(細磨刀石) whetstone (for honing knives)
- 两肋插刀(兩肋插刀) knifes piercing both sides
- 刀刃 knife blade; crucial point
- 竹刀 shinai
- 刬刀(剗刀) to sharpen a blade
- 美工刀 utility knife; box cutter
- 铰刀(鉸刀) shears; scissors
- 刀鞘 scabbard
- 砍刀 machete
- 刮胡刀(刮鬍刀) a razor
- 宝刀不老(寶刀不老) a good sword always remains sharp; (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
- 一刀 one stroke of a knife ; one hundred sheets [of paper] ; knife money
- 柳叶刀(柳葉刀) knife with a willow leave shaped blade
- 绞刀(絞刀) reamer
- 刀刺性痛 lancing pain
- 泥刀 trowel
- 刮皮刀 peeler; potato peeler
- 镰刀(鐮刀) scythe; sickle
- 抹刀 scraper; trowel; putty knife
- 美刀 US dollar; USD
- 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
- 金刀 knife money ; a small gold knife
- 刀俎 sacrificial knife and altar
- 日本刀 Japanese sword; katana
- 一刀切 to cut all at one stroke; to impose uniformity; one solution fits a diversity of problems; one size fits all
- 刀锯斧钺(刀鋸斧鉞) knife, saw, ax and hatchet; facing torture and execution
- 凶刀 murder weapon (i.e. knife)
- 两面三刀(兩面三刀) two-faced, three knives; double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing
- 刀法 cutting technique ; knife fighting technique
- 宝刀(寶刀) a sword
- 刀刺 to stab; to attack with knife
- 刀鱼(刀魚) tapertail anchovy ; cutlassfish ; saury
- 大刀阔斧(大刀闊斧) large knife, broad ax; bold and decisive
- 笑里藏刀(笑裡藏刀) a dagger hidden in smiles; friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
- 番刀 type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines
- 刀笔(刀筆) writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
- 横刀夺爱(橫刀奪愛) to rob somebody of something they cherish
- 刨笔刀(刨筆刀) pencil sharpener
- 刀剑(刀劍) a sword
- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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