刀仔

刀仔

Chinese

		knife	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (刀仔)		刀	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ zai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-é
• Min Nan (POJ): to-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ zai²
    • Yale: dōu jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ zei²
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: do´ e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ e³
    • IPA: /to²⁴ e³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

刀仔

1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) small knife; pocketknife
2. (Hakka) knife

Synonyms

• (small knife): 小刀 (xiǎodāo); (Min Nan) 刀仔囝, 刀囝
• (knife): 刀子 (dāozi)

Derived terms

刀仔鋸大樹／刀仔锯大树