She cut the apple with a knife.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
刀子
knife
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
knife
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 刀子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 刀子 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Don't cut the cake with a knife.
The butcher's knife is in the drawer.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 刀子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 刀子.
Directly before
- 用刀子2
- 没有刀子2
- 的刀子2
- 别用刀子1
- 把刀子1
Directly after
- 刀子剔1
- 刀子可用1
- 刀子切1
- 刀子来切1
- 刀子上1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 刀子
What does 刀子 mean in Chinese?
刀子 (dāozi) means knife.
How do you pronounce 刀子?
刀子 is pronounced dāozi.
Is 刀子 an HSK word?
刀子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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