| | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL: 把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) | HSK 3 |
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| | double-edged sword / CL: 口, 把 / classifier for blows of a sword | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool | |
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| | sword hilt | |
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| | to cross swords / to have a confrontation (with sb) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) / imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill | |
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| | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia ( 武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory | |
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| | double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) | |
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| | sharp sword | |
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| | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn | |
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| | fencing / sword-play | |
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| | sword and spear / weapons | |
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| | sword / (fencing) saber | |
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| | (of a sword etc) to unsheath | |
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| | blade (of a knife or sword) | |
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| | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism | |
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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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| | (lit.) real swords and spears (idiom) / (fig.) very much for real; genuine | |
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| | shinai (bamboo sword for kendō) | |
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| | (idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace | |
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| | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause) | |
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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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| | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict | |
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| | sword | |
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| | lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous | |
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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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| | (idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds | |
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| | (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL: 把 | |
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| | to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hang up the sword | |
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| | to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc | |
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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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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent | |
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| | (idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange | |
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| | Japanese sword / katana | |
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| | (lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / (fig.) (endure) utter humiliation | |
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| | to perform a sword-dance | |
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| | steel knife / sword | |
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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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| | well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword | |
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| | wooden sword | |
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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent | |
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| | double-edged sword | |
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| | saber / cavalry sword | |
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| | to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) | |
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| | the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit | |
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| | Moye, the name of a legendary double-edged sword | |
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| | steel sword | |
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| | imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill | |
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| | naked sword | |
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| | pincers for use at a fire / sword | |
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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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| | sword blade | |
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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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| | (lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom) / (fig.) to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy | |
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| | sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands | |
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| | drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off | |
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| | to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword | |
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| | a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play | |
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| | floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position | |
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| | lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns | |
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| | the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit | |
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| | guard (on a sword handle) / pommel (on a sword handle) / dagger / Taiwan pr. [tan2] | |
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| | Longquan Sword, legendary ancient Chinese sword of extraordinary craftsmanship | |
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| | name of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts | |
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| | sharp point / point of sword | |
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| | variant of 尚方劍｜尚方剑 / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill | |
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| | point of a sword | |
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| | rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword | |
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