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  • 1

    n.ancient weapon; knife; sword

    • yī bǎ dāo

      a knife

    • cān dāo

      table knife

    • dùn dāo

      dull knife

  • 2

    n.something shaped like a knife

    • bīng dāo

      ice skates

    • zhá dāo

      guillotine

    • wān yuè xiàng dāo

      The curved moon is like a sword.

  • 3

    measure word(unit for counting sheets of paper that entails 100 sheets of paper) one hundred sheets of paper

    • yī dāo zhǐ

      a hundred sheets of paper

    • àn dāo shù mài

      sell by the set of one hundred sheets

Words and phrases with 刀

Word usage

  • "刀" is often matched with measure word "把".
    • one knife

Chinese Characters with pinyin dāo