刀身

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Chinese

		knife	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (刀身)		刀	身
simp. ^#(刀身)		刀	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāoshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāoshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: daoshen
  - Wade–Giles: tao¹-shên¹
  - Yale: dāu-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daushen
  - Palladius: даошэнь (daošɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹ san¹
  - Yale: dōu sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

刀身

sword blade; knife blade

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刀	身
とう Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 刀身 (MC taw syin, “lit. sword or knife body”). Compare modern Mandarin 刀身 (dāoshēn).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーしん (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

刀(とう)身(しん) • (tōshin) ^{←たうしん (tausin)^?}

the blade of a sword or knife

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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