dāo
Radical 18 · 2 strokes

knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass

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MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass

    有锋利刀口的切割工具yǒu fēnglì dāokǒu de qiēgē gōngjù

    • He has a knife.

  2. measure word

    classifier for knife cuts or stabs

    用来计数刀子砍或刺的次数yònglái jìshù dāozi kǎn huò cì de cìshù

  3. measure word

    classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

    计算纸张数量的单位,一刀等于一百张jìsuàn zhǐzhāng shùliàng de dānyuán, yī dāo děngyú yībǎi zhāng

  4. noun

    (slang) (loanword) dollar

    美国或其他国家的货币单位měiguó huòzhě qítā guójiā de huòbì dānwèi

    • How much is this shirt?

  5. verb

    (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)

    讨价还价;要求降低价格tǎojià huánjià; yāoqiú jiàngdī jiàgé

    • You can negotiate the price a bit.

  6. noun

    surname Dao

    一个姓氏,中文常见的名字yī gè xìngshì、zhōngwén chángjiàn de míngzi

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

The character knife resembles the curved shape of a blade with a handle.

(surround upper-right)
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