刀子

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
(Pinyin): dāozi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): dau¹ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): dau¹ zeh
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāozi
  - 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/
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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: dau¹ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁴² t͡sz̩²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dau¹ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-chí
  - Tâi-lô: to-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doicie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: taw tsiX

Rime
Character	刀	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	都勞切	即里切
Baxter	taw	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑu/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑu/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑu/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taw/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/tɑu/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/tɑu/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tɑu/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dāo	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou¹	zi²

Noun

刀子

small knife; pocketknife (Classifier: 把 m)
(regional) knife (in general) (Classifier: 把 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	刀子, 刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	刀子, 小刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	細刀子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 刀 (“knife; blade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	刀
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	刀
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	刀
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	刀
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	刀, 刀子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	刀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	刀
	Hong Kong	刀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	刀
	Macau	刀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	刀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	刀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	刀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	刀
	Foshan	刀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	刀
	Foshan (Shunde)	刀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	刀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	刀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	刀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	刀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	刀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	刀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	刀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	刀
	Taishan	刀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	刀
	Enping (Niujiang)	刀
	Heshan (Yayao)	刀
	Dongguan	刀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	刀
	Yangjiang	刀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	刀
Gan	Nanchang	刀
Hakka	Meixian	刀
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	刀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	刀
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	刀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	刀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	刀
Jin	Taiyuan	刀子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刀
Southern Min	Xiamen	刀
	Quanzhou	刀
	Zhangzhou	刀
	Penang (Hokkien)	刀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	刀
	Chaozhou	刀
	Singapore (Teochew)	刀
	Leizhou	刀, 利 euphemistic
	Singapore (Hainanese)	刀
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	刀
Wu	Suzhou	刀
Wu	Wenzhou	刀
Xiang	Changsha	刀
Xiang	Shuangfeng	刀, 刀子

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

刀子 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーす [tóꜜòsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːsɨ]

(Tokyo) とーし [tòóshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕi]

Noun

刀(とう)子(す) • (tōsu) ^{←たうす (tausu)^?}

short sword
(archaeology) small knife; pocketknife

刀(とう)子(し) • (tōshi) ^{←たうし (tausi)^?}

same as above

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
刀	子

Noun

刀子 • (doja) (hangeul 도자)

hanja form^? of 도자

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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