| 跑 |
pǎo dāo | racing skates (for ice-skating) |
| 跑 |
páo | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) |
| 跑 |
pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off |
| 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 |