菜刀

càidāo
noun #27,585

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Tā yòng càidāo qiē le yīxiē shūcài.
She used the kitchen knife to chop some vegetables.
HSK 6
Zhōngguó chúshī yòng càidāo kěyǐ zuò hěnduō 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