| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); surname Dao |
| 刀具 | dāo jù | cutting tool |
| 刀片 | dāo piàn | razor blade; (tool) bit; blade |
| 刺刀 | cì dāo | bayonet |
| 一刀切 | yī dāo qiē | lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity; one solution fits a diversity of problems; one size fits all |
| 刀子 | dāo zi | knife; CL:把 |
| 镰刀 | lián dāo | sickle; curved blade to cut grain |
| 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | scissors; CL:把 |
| 小刀 | xiǎo dāo | knife; CL:把 |
| 大刀 | dà dāo | broadsword; large knife; machete |
| 刀口 | dāo kǒu | cut; incision |
| 刀刃 | dāo rèn | knife blade; crucial point |
| 开刀 | kāi dāo | to perform or have an operation; to operate on or to be operated on |
| 刨刀 | bào dāo | planing tool |
| 菜刀 | cài dāo | vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver; CL:把 |
| 刮刀 | guā dāo | spatula; scraper |
| 屠刀 | tú dāo | butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet |
| 剪刀差 | jiǎn dāo chā | prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) |
| 铰刀 | jiǎo dāo | reamer; scissors |
| 尖刀 | jiān dāo | dagger |
| 绞刀 | jiǎo dāo | reamer |
| 钢刀 | gāng dāo | steel knife; sword |
| 大刀阔斧 | dà dāo kuò fǔ | bold and decisive |
| 马刀 | mǎ dāo | a saber; cavalry sword |
| 刀背 | dāo bèi | back of the knife |
| 一刀两断 | yī dāo liǎng duàn | lit. one knife to cut two segments (idiom); fig. to make a clean break; firm resolution to break off a relation |
| 二把刀 | èr bǎ dāo | inexpert; a botcher |
| 借刀杀人 | jiè dāo shā rén | to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom) |
| 侧刀旁 | cè dāo páng | name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc; see also 刂 |
| 两面三刀 | liǎng miàn sān dāo | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing |
| 冰刀 | bīng dāo | ice skates; ice skate blades |
| 刀俎 | dāo zǔ | sacrificial knife and altar |
| 刀光血影 | dāo guāng xuè yǐng | massacre |
| 刀刺 | dāo cì | to stab; to attack with knife |
| 刀刺性痛 | dāo cì xìng tòng | lancing pain |
| 刀削面 | dāo xiāo miàn | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| 刀叉 | dāo chā | knife and fork; CL:副 |
刀子嘴巴，
豆腐心 | dāo zi zuǐ ba ,
dòu fu xīn | lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart |
| 刀斧手 | dāo fǔ shǒu | lictor |
| 刀疤 | dāo bā | to scar from a knife cut |
| 刀笔 | dāo bǐ | writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery |
| 刀耕火种 | dāo gēng huǒ zhòng | slash and burn (agriculture) |
| 刀叶 | dāo yè | blade |
| 刀身 | dāo shēn | blade (of a knife or sword) |
| 刀郎 | dāo láng | Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎 |
| 刀锋 | dāo fēng | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool |
| 刀锯斧钺 | dāo jù fǔ yuè | knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution |
| 刀锯鼎镬 | dāo jù dǐng huò | knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture |
| 刀类 | dāo lèi | knives; cutlery |
| 刀马旦 | dāo mǎ dàn | female warrior role in Chinese opera |
