| knife | son; child; diminutive suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (刀兒) | 刀 | 兒 | |
| simp. (刀儿) | 刀 | 儿 | |
刀兒
| 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) | |
Phono-semantic matching of English dollar.
刀兒