HanTrace

刀

dāo
nounHSK 3

Meaning

  • knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass
  • (slang) (loanword) dollar
  • classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
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  • classifier for knife cuts or stabs
  • (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
  • (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")
  • surname Dao

Measure words

把
used for knives
一把刀 (one knife)

Characters

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