刀
Pinyin: dāo
knife
Example sentence
用刀把西瓜切开。
Yòng dāo bǎ xīguā qiē kāi.
Cut the watermelon open with a knife.
What 刀 means
刀 (dāo) is a Chinese word meaning “knife”. It belongs to the Things topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.