DICTIONARY
The Chinese word caidao - 菜刀 - càidāo
(kitchen knife in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
càidāo
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English translation
kitchen knife
Chinese characters:
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The traditional Chinese characters of càidāo are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 菜刀 ( caidao / càidāo ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Zhe ba caidao hen fengli.
Zhè bǎ càidāo hěn fēnglì.– English translation: This kitchen knife is very sharp.
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vegetable | knife
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