指甲刀

指甲刀

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	knife
simp. and trad. (指甲刀)		指甲	刀
variant forms		掌甲刀 Min Nan

指甲刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjiadāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ dou¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chńg-kah-to

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐjiadāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jiadau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯a̠⁴ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaap³ dou¹
    • Yale: jí gaap dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ dou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chńg-kah-to
    • Tâi-lô: tsńg-kah-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngfkahdoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka(ʔ)⁵ to³³/

Noun

指甲刀

1. nail clipper; nail scissors

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲剪 (“nail clipper”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲剪
Mandarin	Beijing	指甲剪, 指甲刀
	Taiwan	指甲剪, 指甲刀
Cantonese	Hong Kong	指甲鉗
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲剪
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	手指甲剪
Min Nan	Xiamen	掌甲刀
	Quanzhou	掌甲刀
	Zhangzhou	掌甲欱仔
	Philippines (Manila)	掌甲刀
Wu	Shanghai	指掐鉗, 軋指鉗