If you are using a Chinese Kung Fu Broadsword, can you make contact with another blade?

I practice Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu, and I am currently a green sash. My Sifu told me I'll be taking my test in a few weeks for my blue sash, and I think that is where I will start using the broadsword. (wooden of course) If not, I start when I earn the sash after the next. (purple) So, was the chinese broadsword used to just "slice and dice" or could it make contact with another blade? Could my Sifu and I do drills with it? Like we do with short-staffs ? By the design of it, it doesn't look like it should. It looks like it was just made to "slice and dice". I think the straight swords can be used to make contact.