kāi dāo

Traditional: 開刀

开刀 (kāi dāo) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of a surgeon) to perform an operation
  2. 2(of a patient) to have an operation
  3. 3to decapitate
  4. 4to behead
  5. 5to single out as a point of attack

Characters in 开刀

开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)刀dāo · knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go刀knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])刀surname Dao开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)走开to leave; to walk away; to beat it

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