Chinese Word of the Day

剃须刀
tì xū dāo

razor

Definitions

Chinese > English
剃须刀
1. Simplified form of 剃鬚刀
剃鬚刀	tìxūdāo
1. n. razor; shaver
English > Chinese
razor
1. 剃刀
Components
剃	tì
1. to shave (hair)
剃鬚 - to shave off facial hair
须
1. Simplified form of 須
2. Simplified form of 鬚
須	xū
1. must; have to; should
2. (literary) to halt; to bring to an end
3. (literary) to use
4. (literary, or in compounds) short moment
須臾 - in an instant
Xu
5. usage. For the sense of "must" or "need to", this word is frequently mistaken with tr=- is usually followed by a noun.
6. Simplified form of 鬚
鬚	xū
1. beard; whisker
剃鬚 - to shave one's beard
虎鬚 - tiger's whiskers
2. antenna; feeler
3. whisker-like
刀	dāo
1. knife; blade
2. single-edged sword; cutlass
3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price
4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people)
刀世-勛 - Dao Shixun
5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar
6. Variant of 刁
刁	diāo
1. (literary, or in compounds) treacherous; crafty; deceitful
2. (literary) to tempt
3. (literary) unkind
4. (literary) stammering
5. (literary) picky about food
6. (literary) to wring
7. (literary) to inveigle
8. (literary) ear of grains
9. (literary) to make (time)
10. Variant of 凋
11. Variant of 碉
12. Variant of 雕
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