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dou1
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[1] [n] knife; blade; sword (typically the thick curved sabres seen in Chinese martial arts films) [2] knife-shaped coin [3] KangXi radical 18 Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: 刀 (#18)
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| This character was last edited on 1st Jul 2008 | |
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菜刀
coi3 dou1 = kitchen knife
刀子
dou1 zi2 = knife國
大刀
daai6 dou1 = big knife, sword, bolo, glaive
一刀兩斷
jat1 dou1 loeng5 dyun6 = to sever (relations) at a stroke
開刀
hoi1 dou1 = to operate (surgery); to undergo an operation/surgery
剃刀
tai3 dou1 = razor
單刀直入
daan1 dou1 zik6 jap6 = straight to the point粵
剪刀
zin2 dou1 = scissors國
刀刃
dou1 jan6 = (lit. and fig.) knife edge; (fig.) critical point;
鐮刀
lim4 dou1 = curved sickle for cutting grainSee all 60 compounds |
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Showing 1 example containing 刀
這把刀很好切 國
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This knife is very sharp. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 刀
Unicode code for this character: U+5200 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/210/]刀[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/210/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">刀</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 刀
Unicode code for this character: U+5200 (off-site link)
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