小刀

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	knife
simp. and trad. (小刀)		小	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎodāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-to

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao¹
    • Yale: syǎu-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudau
    • Palladius: сяодао (sjaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodaor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-dāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudaul
    • Palladius: сяодаор (sjaodaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² dou¹
    • Yale: síu dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-to
    • Tâi-lô: sió-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'doy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小刀

1. pocketknife; penknife
2. shortsword

Synonyms

• (pocketknife): (Cantonese, Min Nan) 刀仔; (Min Nan) 刀仔囝, 刀囝

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	刀
しょう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 小刀 (sjew^X taw, literally “small + blade”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading xiǎodāo, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese siu² dou¹, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Min Nan sió-to.

Noun

小(しょう)刀(とう) • (shōtō) ^{←せうたう (seutau)?}

1. small knife, short sword

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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”). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

小(こ)刀(がたな) • (kogatana) 

1. small knife, short sword

Usage notes

• The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 小刀細工(こがたなざいく) (kogatana-zaiku): carving with a knife

See also

• 大刀(たち) (tachi), 太刀(たち) (tachi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
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

• 小さ刀

Noun

小(ちいさ)刀(がたな) • (chīsagatana) 

1. a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard