磨刀器 (módāoqì): knife sharpener

Measure Word

一个磨刀器 gè

Meanings

1 knife sharpener

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

刀钝了，用磨刀器磨几下就行。

Dāo dùn le, yòng módāoqì mó jǐ xià jiù xíng.

If the knife is dull, just run it through the sharpener a few times.

HSK 6

这种磨刀器分粗磨和精磨两个口。

Zhèzhǒng módāoqì fēn cū mó hé jīng mó liǎng ge kǒu.

This kind of sharpener has two slots: coarse and fine sharpening.

Tips

usage

磨刀器 is the small countertop pull-through sharpener. The traditional whetstone you have to use with technique is 磨刀石. 磨 here is mó (to grind), not mò.

Stroke Order

磨 mó

刀 dāo

器 qì

Related Words

刀子 dāozi #5,146

knife / small knife

刀架 dāojià #40,954

knife block / knife rack / knife holder

白刀子 báidāozi

'white knife' (literal) / knife going in clean, used in the violent idiom 白刀子进红刀子出

河刀鱼 hédāoyú

river knife fish / tapertail anchovy (Coilia nasus, incl. Yangtze knife fish)

刀 dāo HSK 3 #1,091

knife / blade / sword

小刀 xiǎodāo #11,722

knife / small knife / pocketknife

水果刀 shuǐguǒdāo #64,611

paring knife / fruit knife

美工刀 měigōngdāo

utility knife; box cutter

磨 mó HSK 6 #4,897

to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen / to wear down; to erode; to die out (over time) / to dawdle; to waste time / to pester; to nag

黄河刀鱼 huánghédāoyú

Yellow River knife fish (Coilia nasus) / anadromous tapertail anchovy of the Yellow River