刀
dāo
Meaning
- knife · blade · single-edged sword · cutlass
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) · classifier for knife cuts or stabs
- (loanword) dollar
- to bargain · to ask for a small discount (especially on second-hand marketplaces)
- to knife (someone) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 xiǎng dāo tā "I could kill him!")
- surname Dao
Example sentences
请借我你的刀。
請借我你的刀。
qǐng jiè wǒ nǐ de dāo。
Please lend me your knife.
把那把刀给我。
把那把刀給我。
bǎ nà bǎ dāo gěi wǒ。
Give me that knife.
这把刀对我很有用。
這把刀對我很有用。
zhè bǎ dāo duì wǒ hěn yǒu yòng。
This knife is very useful to me.