刀
dāo
ㄉㄠ
- 1knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass
- 2(slang) (loanword) dollar
- 3classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- 4classifier for knife cuts or stabs
- 5(Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
- 6(Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")
Example
少一把刀。
shǎo yì bǎ dāo
There is a knife missing.
Measure word
把