刀仔
Chinese
| knife | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (刀仔) |
刀 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): dáu-ciě
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-á
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou1 zai2
- Yale: dōu jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou1 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: dou1 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: au1 doi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /au³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-é
- Hakka Romanization System: doˊ eˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: do1 e3
- Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: dau1 ê3
- Sinological IPA: /tau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáu-ciě
- Sinological IPA (key): /tau⁵⁴ t͡siɛ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-á
- Tâi-lô: to-á
- Phofsit Daibuun: doi'ar
- IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
刀仔
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min) small knife; pocketknife (Classifier: 把 c; 張／张 c)
- (Hakka) knife
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”) [map]
| 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) | |
- (knife): 刀子 (dāozi)