小刀

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Chinese

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 knife
simp. and trad.
(小刀) 		小 刀

Pronunciation

Noun

小刀

  1. pocketknife; penknife
  2. shortsword

Synonyms

  • (pocketknife):
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)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小 刀
しょう
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 小刀 (sjewX taw, literally “small + blade”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎodāo, Cantonese siu2 dou1, Min Nan sió-to.

Pronunciation

Noun

小(しょう)刀(とう) • (shōtō) ←せうたう (seutau)?

  1. small knife, short sword

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小 刀
こ
Grade: 1 		かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

小(こ)刀(がたな) • (kogatana) 

  1. small knife, short sword
Usage notes
  • The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
小 刀
ちい(さ)
Grade: 1 		かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 小さ (chīsa, “small”, the stem of adjective 小さい chīsai) +‎ 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

小(ちいさ)刀(がたな) • (chīsagatana) 

  1. a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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