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

to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point

like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force

to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

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)

(literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife

old variant of 刊 / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop

knife / CL: 把

broadsword / large knife / machete

to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc

knife / CL: 把

scar from a knife wound

clasp knife / folding knife

table knife / dinner knife

to hone (a knife)

knife and fork / CL: 副

knife work (food preparation)

cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool

military knife / saber

to shape on a lathe / to peel with a knife / to turn in (a screw)

coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole; bar; rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard; criterion / hyphen; dash

steel knife / sword

back of the knife

lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous

to peel with a knife / old variant of 戮

(coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe

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

the edge of a knife / cut / incision

butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet

sacrificial knife and altar

lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved

a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool)

scraper / trowel / putty knife

knife blade / crucial point

hunting knife

(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack

Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)

Victorinox (knife manufacturer)

blade (of a knife or sword)

(literary) a knife used for carving; a graver / (literary) to cut blocks; to block-print (a book)

knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty

knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture

scraper / trowel / putty knife

unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp

to sharpen / to grind (knife blades)

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 別｜别 etc

murder weapon (i.e. knife)

to stab / to attack with knife

lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart

knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution

cutter / knife

sharp knife / knife (weapon)

flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife

to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)

straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

a clasp knife / a folding knife

to hold a knife / knife-wielding

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書｜汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.

lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay

lancet (surgeon's knife)

to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)

paring knife / fruit knife / CL: 把

putty knife

dive knife

Swiss Army knife

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 別｜别 etc

fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc) / advanced ceramics / engineered ceramics

utility knife / box cutter

lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences

vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL: 把