美工刀

měigōngdāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 utility knife; box cutter

Examples

Tā yòng měigōngdāo chāikāi le kuàidì xiāng.
He opened the delivery box with a utility knife.
Měigōngdāo de dāopiàn dùn le kěyǐ zhéduàn yì jié.
When the utility knife's blade gets dull, you can snap off a segment.

Tips

memory
美工 is ‘graphic design / commercial art’ ( = art, = work) — the blade was named after graphic designers who use it for cutting mount boards. Today it's just the generic office box cutter.

Stroke Order

měi
gōng
dāo