| | knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs | HSK 3 |
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| | blade / razor blade / tool bit | |
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| | surname Dao | |
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| | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool | |
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| | blade (of a knife or sword) | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | sword | |
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| | bayonet | |
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| | writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery | |
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| | shaver / razor | |
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| | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack | |
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| | back of the knife | |
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| | knife blade / crucial point | |
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| | sickle | |
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| | prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) | |
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| | to hone (a knife) | |
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| | vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL: 把 | |
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| | broadsword / large knife / machete | |
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| | lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all | |
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| | razor | |
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| | to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task; to take the reins | |
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| | a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool) | |
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| | katana | |
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| | military knife / saber | |
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| | cutting tool | |
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| | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty | |
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| | reamer | |
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| | file (metalworking and woodworking tool) | |
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| | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
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| | the edge of a knife / cut / incision | |
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| | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict | |
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| | nail clipper | |
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| | bold and decisive | |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with | |
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| | lancet (surgeon's knife) | |
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| | (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times) | |
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| | lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines | |
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| | whetstone (for honing knives) | |
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| | sword and spear / weapons | |
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| | to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) | |
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| | treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous | |
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| | (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears) | |
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| | lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine | |
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| | lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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| | bayonet charge | |
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| | lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc) | |
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| | machete | |
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| | lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved | |
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| | (lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack | |
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| | to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it | |
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| | to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) | |
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| | tool magazine (computer-aided manufacturing) | |
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| | hunting knife | |
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| | lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese | |
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| | sharp knife / knife (weapon) | |
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| | meat cleaver | |
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| | pencil sharpener (blade-only type) | |
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| | lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it | |
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| | flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife | |
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| | reamer / scissors | |
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| | slash and burn (agriculture) | |
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| | female warrior role in Chinese opera | |
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| | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences | |
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| | scalpel | |
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| | Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) | |
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| | lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight | |
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| | tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury | |
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| | scabbard | |
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| | annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck | |
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| | steel knife / sword | |
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| | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations | |
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| | Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion | |
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| | saber / cavalry sword | |
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| | don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam | |
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| | lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert | |
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| | to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom) | |
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| | penetration of a cutting tool | |
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| | spatula / scraper | |
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| | clasp knife / folding knife | |
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| | table knife / dinner knife | |
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| | to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief | |
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| | lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle | |
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| | planing tool | |
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| | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism | |
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| | dagger | |
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| | scythe | |
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| | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes | |
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| | ice skates / ice skate blades | |
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| | (idiom) to get straight to the point | |
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| | butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet | |
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| | machete | |
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| | lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀｜杀鸡焉用牛刀 | |
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