| 美工刀 | měi gōng dāo | utility knife / box cutter | 
| 美 | Měi | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | 
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself | 
| 美工 | měi gōng | art design / art designer | 
| 工 | gōng | work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor | 
| 刀 | Dāo | surname Dao | 
| 刀 | dāo | knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs |