Radical:

meaning for dāo:

  • - knife
  • - blade
  • - single-edged sword
  • - cutlass
  • - Classifiers: 把
  • - (slang) dollar (loanword)
  • - classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
  • - classifier for knife cuts or stabs
  • - knife
  • - blade
  • - single-edged sword
  • - cutlass
  • - Classifiers: 把
  • - (slang) dollar (loanword)
  • - classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
  • - classifier for knife cuts or stabsscissors
  • - Classifiers: 把 bayonetsickle
  • - curved blade to cut grainlit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom)
  • - to impose uniformity
  • - one solution fits a diversity of problems
  • - one size fits all(of a surgeon) to perform an operation
  • - (of a patient) to have an operation
  • - to decapitate
  • - to behead
  • - to single out as a point of attack

tāyòng他用
dāo
qiāng
píngguǒ苹果
qiēchéng切成
xiǎokuài小块

He cut the apple into small pieces with a knife.


zhè
dāo
hěnshēn很深
xūyào需要
jǐnjí紧急
chǔlǐ处理

The knife stabbed deep, and immediate treatment is needed.


zhè
shì
yībǎ一把
fēnglì锋利
de
dāo
hěnróngyì很容易
qiēgē切割
niúròu牛肉

This is a sharp knife that can easily cut through beef.


ruò
yǒurén有人
huítóu回头
de
dāo
kuài
gōng
shàngxián上弦
bèi
tuǒdang妥当
le

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.