粵

菜coi3刀dou1

coi3 dou1cài dāo

English

  1. vegetable knife
  2. Chinese style kitchen knife; usually shaped like a cleaver, but often thinner and used for preparing all sorts of food (not only vegetables); literally: vegetable knife
  3. kitchen knife
  4. cleaver

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 處理食物嘅廚刀(唔係淨係處理蔬菜)(量詞:把)

Examples

  • 佢嬲到想用把菜刀斬人。

    She is so angry that she wants to pick up a kitchen knife and hurt someone.

  • 可唔可以攞把菜刀俾我切嘢?

    Can you take the cleaver to me for chopping something?

  • 这把菜刀不够锋利,所以我用了我的折叠刀来切肉。

    The kitchen knife wasn't sharp enough to cut the meat, so I used my pocket knife.

    Tatoeba · will66 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

Report an issue

Spotted a wrong reading, definition, or example? Tell us — it helps everyone.