菜刀

càidāo
noun #27,585

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 kitchen knife
  2. 2 vegetable cleaver
  3. 3 Chinese chef's knife

Examples

Tā yòng càidāo qiēle yīxiē shūcài.
She used the kitchen knife to chop some vegetables.
Zhōngguó chúshī yòng càidāo kěyǐ zuò hěn duō shìqíng.
Chinese chefs can do many things with a single kitchen cleaver.

Tips

culture
The Chinese 菜刀 (rectangular cleaver) is the all-purpose tool of Chinese cooking — used for slicing, dicing, chopping, and even smashing garlic. Unlike Western knives, Chinese cooks rarely own multiple knife types.

Stroke Order

cài
dāo