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菜刀 meaning in English

càidāo

vegetable knife; kitchen knife

13 strokes

Meaning of 菜刀

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

càidāo
  1. vegetable knife
  2. kitchen knife
  3. cleaver

Measure word: 把

菜刀 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè把bǎ菜cài刀dāo不bù够gòu锋fēng利lì，所suǒ以yǐ我wǒ用yòng了le我wǒ的de折zhé叠dié刀dāo来lái切qiè肉ròu。
The kitchen knife wasn't sharp enough to cut the meat, so I used my pocket knife.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

菜 cài · vegetable · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

刀 dāo · knife · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Related words

Words that share a character with 菜刀.

菜单càidānmenu
白菜báicàiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to re
蔬菜shūcàivegetables
剪刀jiǎndāoscissors
菜市场càishìchǎngfood market
刀子dāoziknife
菜鸟càiniǎo(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie
泡菜pàocàipickled cabbage
小菜一碟xiǎocàiyīdiéa small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
菜品càipǐnculinary dish
做菜zuòcàito cook; cooking
小刀xiǎodāoknife

Questions about 菜刀

What does 菜刀 mean?

菜刀 (càidāo) means "vegetable knife; kitchen knife".

How do you write 菜刀?

菜刀 is made of 2 characters: 菜 (11 strokes), 刀 (2 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.