指甲刀

Chinese

		fingernail; toenail	knife
trad. (指甲刀)		指甲	刀
simp. #(指甲刀)		指甲	刀

指甲刀

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐjiadāo, zhǐjiǎdāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄠ, ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaap³ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiadāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiådao
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia⁵-tao¹
    • Yale: jř-jya-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.jiadau
    • Palladius: чжицзядао (čžiczjadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐjiǎdāo [Phonetic: zhíjiǎdāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhjiǎdao
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chia³-tao¹
    • Yale: jř-jyǎ-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyjeadau
    • Palladius: чжицзядао (čžiczjadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaap³ dou¹
    • Yale: jí gaap dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaap⁸ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gab³ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːp̚³ tou̯⁵⁵/

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, 指甲刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	指甲剪, 指甲刀
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	指甲鉗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	指甲鉗
	Hong Kong	指甲鉗
Hakka	Meixian	指甲鉗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲剪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指甲剪
Southern Min	Xiamen	掌甲刀
	Quanzhou	掌甲刀
	Zhangzhou	掌甲欱仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	掌甲刀
	Shantou	掌甲夾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲鉗, 指甲鑷
Wu	Shanghai	指掐鉗, 軋指鉗

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 指甲刀 – see 掌甲刀 (“nail clipper; nail scissors”). (This term is a variant form of 掌甲刀).