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Mandarin · pinyin dāo#

Meanings · dāo

  1. knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (Classifier: 把 bǎ)
  2. (slang) (loanword) dollar
  3. classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
  4. classifier 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 xiǎng dāo tā "I could kill him!")
Mandarin · pinyin Dāo#

Meanings · Dāo

  1. surname Dao
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刀
dāo · knife; old coin; measure
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character · Etymology 1

  1. knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)
  2. single-edged sword; cutlass
  3. Classifier for sets of one hundred sheets of paper.
  4. Classifier for incisions with a knife, blade, single-edged sword, etc.
  5. (neologism, Internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price
  6. a surname (only common among Tai people)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar

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刀 · dao1 · Dao1
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Exact source records刀 刀 [dao1] /knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])/(slang) (loanword) dollar/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)/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!")/刀 刀 [Dao1] /surname Dao/