刀

Dāo

Dictionary entry

surname Dao

What does 刀 mean?

刀 (Dāo) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1surname Dao

2knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])

3(slang) (loanword) dollar

4classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

5classifier for knife cuts or stabs

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

7(Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")

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刀Dāosurname Dao

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Dāo

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