大刀

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	knife
simp. and trad. (大刀)		大	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-to

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdao
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tao¹
    • Yale: dà-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdau
    • Palladius: дадао (dadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Yale: daaih dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大刀 大都

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-to
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² to³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

大刀

1. large broadsword
2. any kind of weapon which has a single-edged, curved blade

Synonyms

• (large broadsword): 關刀／关刀 (guāndāo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	刀
だい Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

大(だい)刀(とう) • (daitō) 

1. long sword; katana

Antonyms

• 小刀 (こがたな, ​kogatana)/小刀 (しょうとう, ​shōtō)