Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words開刀

WordTOCFL Level 4separable verbTaiwan frequency #4,035

開刀

kāidāo·ㄎㄞㄉㄠ

“(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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To open or unfasten; to start or begin; to operate a vehicle or machine; to turn on; to write out; to bloom; to boil; to launch; to discover.

Knife or blade; a tool for cutting, slicing, or carving; a type of ancient coin; surname; classifier for cuts or paper sheets.