刀子
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Chinese
| knife | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (刀子) |
刀 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dou1 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): dau1 zi
- Jin (Wiktionary): dau1 zeh
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-chí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: daozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: tao1-tzŭ5
- Yale: dāu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dau.tzy
- Palladius: даоцзы (daoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou1 zi2
- Yale: dōu jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: dou1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: dau1 zi
- Sinological IPA (key): /tau⁴² t͡sz̩²/
- (Nanchang)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: dau1 zeh
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: taw tsiX
Noun
刀子
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) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 刀 (“knife; blade”)
Derived terms
- 刀子嘴豆腐心 (dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 刀 | 子 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
す Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | tōon |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 刀 | 子 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- same as above
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 刀 | 子 |