| 番刀 |
fān dāo |
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard |
| 番 |
Pān |
surname Pan |
| 番 |
fān |
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double") |
| 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) |