拔刀

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	knife
trad. (拔刀)		拔	刀
simp. #(拔刀)		拔	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bádāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bádāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bádao
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-tao¹
    • Yale: bá-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bardau
    • Palladius: бадао (badao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ dou¹
    • Yale: baht dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² tou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

拔⫽刀 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to draw one's sword
   • 2015, “明潭終戰 [Final Battle of Sun-Moon Lake]”, in 水沙漣傳奇‎^[1], performed by 暴君 [Bloody Tyrant]:

     眾弟兄拔刀迎敵戰 [MSC, trad.]
     众弟兄拔刀迎敌战 [MSC, simp.]

     zhòng dìxiōng bádāo yíng dízhàn [Pinyin]

     Brothers, let us draw our swords and face battle with the enemy

Derived terms

• 拔刀斷席／拔刀断席
• 拔刀相助 (bádāoxiāngzhù)
• 拔刀相濟／拔刀相济
• 路見不平，拔刀相助／路见不平，拔刀相助

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拔	刀
ばつ > ばっ Jinmeiyō	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 拔刀 – see the following entry.

【抜刀ばっとう】 [noun] drawing one's sword [verb] to draw one's sword

(This term, 拔刀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)