菜刀
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菜刀
Chinese
| dish (type of food); vegetables | knife | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菜刀) | 菜 | 刀 | |
| simp. #(菜刀) | 菜 | 刀 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai4 dao1
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coi3 dou1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): toi1 au1*
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'cai3 dau1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): coi4 dau1
- Jin (Wiktionary): cai3 dau1
- Northern Min (KCR): cha̤̿-dáu
- Eastern Min (BUC): chái-dŏ̤
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshe-tau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cai4 dau1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: càidao
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai4-tao1
- Yale: tsài-dāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydau
- Palladius: цайдао (cajdao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cai4 dao1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai dao
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²¹³ tau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi3 dou1
- Yale: choi dōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi3 dou1
- Guangdong Romanization: coi3 dou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: toi1 au1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰᵘɔi³³ au³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'cai3 dau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈt͡sʰai²¹³⁻¹³ tau⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: cai3 dau1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰai⁴⁵ tau¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cha̤̿-dáu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛ³³ tau⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chái-dŏ̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ (t-)lo⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: cai4 dau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵ tɒu̯³³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
菜刀
- chef's knife; kitchen knife; vegetable cleaver (Classifier: 把 m c; 張／张 c; 支 mn)
Usage notes
Typically used in Chinese cooking as an all-purpose cutting tool, despite being named for their particular use for vegetables.