掌甲刀

掌甲刀

Chinese

		fingernail	knife
simp. and trad. (掌甲刀)		掌甲	刀
variant forms		指甲刀 拃甲刀

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chńg-kah-to

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• 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

掌甲刀

1. (Min Nan, including Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines) 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