泥刀

nídāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 trowel (mason's tool)
  2. 2 plastering trowel

Examples

HSK 7-9
瓦工用泥刀把水泥抹平。
Wǎgōng yòng nídāo bǎ shuǐní mǒpíng.
The mason smoothed the cement flat with a trowel.
HSK 7-9
Gōngdì shang sǎnluò zhe jǐ bǎ nídāo.
A few trowels lay scattered around the construction site.

Tips

memory
泥 (mud / mortar) + 刀 (knife) - a 'mortar knife' for spreading and smoothing wet cement. The character 刀 here just means a flat blade-like tool, the same way 'paint knife' works in English.

Stroke Order

泥 ní
刀 dāo