刀【dāo】
- knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把【bǎ】)
- (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)
- (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他【xiǎng dāo tā】 "I could kill him!")
Single-edged swords are often used by warriors in martial arts novels.
Pirates waved their shiny cutlasses.