刀仔

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Chinese

knife
minutely; young; duty
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
 
simp. and trad.
(刀仔) 		刀 仔

Pronunciation

Noun

刀仔

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min) small knife; pocketknife (Classifier: 把 c; 張／张 c)
  2. (Hakka) knife

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小刀, 刀子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 刀子, 小刀兒
Taiwan 小刀
Harbin 刀子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 刀子, 小刀兒
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 刀子
Xi'an 小刀兒, 刀刀兒, 刀刀子, 刀子
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 刀刀子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 刀刀兒, 刀兒
Wuhan 刀子, 刀
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 刀子, 小刀
Hefei 小刀子, 小刀
Cantonese Guangzhou 刀仔
Hong Kong 刀仔
Taishan 刀仔
Dongguan 刀仔
Yangjiang 刀仔
Gan Nanchang 刀子
Lichuan 刀崽
Pingxiang 小刀仔
Hakka Meixian 刀仔
Jin Taiyuan 刀刀, 刀子, 小刀兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 刀仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 刀囝
Southern Min Xiamen 刀仔, 刀仔囝
Quanzhou 刀仔
Zhangzhou 刀仔囝
Tainan 刀仔 GT
Chaozhou 刀囝
Leizhou 刀囝
Haikou 刀囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 刀崽
Wu Suzhou 小刀
Hangzhou 刀兒
Wenzhou 刀兒
Xiang Changsha 細刀子, 刀子
Shuangfeng 細刀子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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