短刀

短刀

Chinese

		lack; short	knife
simp. and trad. (短刀)		短	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎndāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ

• Min Nan (POJ): té-to

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: duǎndāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doandau
    • IPA ^(key): /tu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-to
    • Tâi-lô: té-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defdoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

短刀

1. (weaponry) short knife; short sword; dagger

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Japanese

Tantōs with "Saya" (sheaths)

Kanji in this term
短	刀
たん Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

短 +‎ 刀: a "small sword."

Noun

短刀 (hiragana たんとう, rōmaji tantō)

1. (weaponry) A small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:短刀.
• 小刀 (こがたな) (kogatana), 小 (しょう)刀 (とう) (shōtō)
• 刀 (かたな) (katana)
• 合口 (あいくち) (aikuchi)
• 脇差 (わきざし) (wakizashi)
• 大小 (だいしょう) (daishō)

See also

• 短刀 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia