刀 dāo

1. dāo noun knife; a blade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Measure word: 把; for example, 菜刀 'kitchen knife' (Guoyu '刀' n 2; Unihan '刀')
2. dāo noun Kangxi radical 18
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Knife (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. dāo noun knife money
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An old form of coins; as in 刀币 (Guoyu '刀' n 3; Wikipedia '刀币'; Unihan '刀')
4. dāo measure word blade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used either for something that can be prepared with a knife of something in the shape of a knife (Guoyu '刀' n 4; Unihan '刀')
5. dāo noun sword
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 军刀 'sabre' or 武士刀 'katana' (Guoyu '刀' n 1)
6. dāo proper noun Dao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '刀' n 5)
7. dāo noun knife; sastra
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śastra, or: asi, Tibetan: ston pa, Japanese: tō (BCSD '刀', p. 182; DJBT '刀', p. 434; Mahāvyutpatti 'śāstā')

Contained in

• 刀山剑树(刀山劍樹) a knife mountain with a forest of swords
• 油影刀 oil shadow sword
• 一刀三礼(一刀三禮) three bows for each cut
• 剑树刀山(劍樹刀山) trees of swords on a knife mountain
• 单刀直入(單刀直入) to get straight to the point ; to cut to the chase
• 锯刀喻(鋸刀喻) the knife simile

Also contained in

滚刀肉 、 滚刀块 、 笑里藏刀 、 二把刀 、 刮胡刀 、 关公面前耍大刀 、 宝刀不老 、 铡刀 、 刀枪 、 刀枪不入 、 刀耕火种 、 手刀 、 刀背 、 餐刀 、 刨刀 、 小刀 、 侧刀旁 、 开刀 、 十字头螺刀 、 长柄大镰刀 、 抹刀 、 立刀旁 、 大刀会 、 镰刀细胞贫血 、 镰刀 、 刀山火海 、 转笔刀 、 大马金刀 、 刀类 、 猎刀 、 刀子嘴巴，豆腐心 、 军刀 、 掇刀区 、 宝刀未老 、 开山刀 、 吃刀 、 单刀赴会 、 刀刺 、 割鸡焉用牛刀 、 单刀 、 解剖刀 、 刀郎 、 菜刀 、 刮刀 、 奥卡姆剃刀

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 5 Fo Shuo Guan Fo Sanmei Hai Jing 佛說觀佛三昧海經 — count: 35
• Scroll 50 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 34
• Scroll 1 Guanyin Yi Shu 觀音義疏 — count: 34
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 28
• Scroll 2 Commander Atavaka makes an Offering to the Buddha Dharani Liturgy (A Zha Bao Ju Yuan Shuai Da Jiang Shang Fotuo Luo Ni Jing Xiuxing Yi Gui) 阿吒薄俱元帥大將上佛陀羅尼經修行儀軌 — count: 28
• Scroll 41 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 27
• Scroll 1 Spirit Commander Atavaka makes an Offering to the Buddha Dharani Sutra (A Zha Po Niu Ju Guishen Da Jiang Shang Fotuo Luo Ni Jing) 阿吒婆𤘽鬼神大將上佛陀羅尼經 — count: 26
• Scroll 8 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 23
• Scroll 10 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 23
• Scroll 1 Sūtra of Accepting the Ten Good Karmas as Precepts (Shou Shishan Jie Jing) 受十善戒經 — count: 22

Collocations

• 刀杖 (刀杖) 有刀杖 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 122
• 刀自杀 (刀自殺) 以刀自殺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 27
• 刀分 (刀分) 刀分七重 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 1 — count: 24
• 不以刀 (不以刀) 不以刀杖 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 23
• 执刀 (執刀) 不執刀杖 — The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
• 刀劒 (刀劒) 刀劒鋒利 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 18
• 拔刀 (拔刀) 譬如有人鞘中拔刀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 13
• 弃捨刀 (棄捨刀) 棄捨刀杖 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 12
• 刀师氏 (刀師氏) 有刀師氏聚落主是尼揵弟子 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 10
• 刀楯 (刀楯) 或執刀楯入在軍陣 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 25 — count: 8