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小刀 (xiǎo dāo): Small knife — Meaning & Stroke Order

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小刀 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinxiǎo dāo

Meaningsmall knife

Characters2

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Word小刀

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 小刀.

Words with 小

小姐xiǎo jiěHSK 1
小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1
小学生xiǎo xué shēngHSK 1
小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1
从小cóng xiǎoHSK 2
小时xiǎo shíHSK 2
小孩儿xiǎo hái rHSK 2
小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2

Words with 刀

剪刀jiǎn dāoHSK 5
刀子dāo zi
刀鞘dāoqiào
菜刀cài dāo
铡刀zhádāo
铣刀xǐdāo
铰刀jiǎodāo
千刀万剐qiāndāowànguǎ

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Example Sentences with 小刀

Tā他

yòng用

xiǎo小

dāo刀

xiāo削

píng苹

guǒ果

pí皮

。

He peels the apple with a small knife.