| 刻刀 |
kè dāo |
engraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc) |
| 刻 |
kè |
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (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 "I could kill him!") |