小刀
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Chinese[edit]
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
knife | ||
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simp. and trad. (小刀) |
小 | 刀 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
小刀
Synonyms[edit]
- (pocketknife):
Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小刀, 刀子 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 刀子, 小刀兒 |
Taiwan | 小刀 | |
Harbin | 刀子 | |
Jinan | 刀子, 小刀兒 | |
Wanrong | 刀子 | |
Xi'an | 小刀兒, 刀刀兒, 刀刀子, 刀子 | |
Ürümqi | 刀刀子 | |
Wuhan | 刀子, 刀 | |
Chengdu | 刀刀兒, 刀兒 | |
Yangzhou | 刀子, 小刀 | |
Hefei | 小刀子, 小刀 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 刀仔 |
Hong Kong | 刀仔 | |
Taishan | 刀仔 | |
Dongguan | 刀仔 | |
Yangjiang | 刀仔 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 刀子 |
Lichuan | 刀崽 | |
Pingxiang | 小刀仔 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 刀仔 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 刀刀, 刀子, 小刀兒 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 刀仔 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刀囝 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 刀仔, 刀仔囝 |
Quanzhou | 刀仔 | |
Zhangzhou | 刀仔囝 | |
Tainan | 刀仔 GT | |
Chaozhou | 刀囝 | |
Leizhou | 刀囝 | |
Haikou | 刀囝 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 刀崽 |
Wu | Suzhou | 小刀 |
Hangzhou | 刀兒 | |
Wenzhou | 刀兒 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 細刀子, 刀子 |
Shuangfeng | 細刀子 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 刀 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
とう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 小刀 (sjewX taw, literally “small + blade”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎodāo, Cantonese siu2 dou1, Min Nan sió-to.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- small knife, short sword
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 刀 |
こ Grade: 1 |
かたな > がたな Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) + 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”).[3][1][2] The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) こがたな [kògátáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) こがたな [kògáꜜtànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ɡa̠ta̠na̠]
Noun[edit]
- small knife, short sword
Usage notes[edit]
- The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 小刀細工 (kogatana-zaiku): carving with a knife
See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 刀 |
ちい(さ) Grade: 1 |
かたな > がたな Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 小さ (chīsa, “small”, the stem of adjective 小さい chīsai) + 刀 (katana, “sword, blade”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
小刀 • (chīsagatana)
- a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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