刀嘴

Chinese

		knife	mouth
trad. (刀嘴)		刀	嘴
simp. #(刀嘴)		刀	嘴

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ zeoi²
• Northern Min (KCR): dáu-cṳ̌

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ zeoi²
    • Yale: dōu jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáu-cṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁴ t͡sy²¹/

Noun

刀嘴

1. (Cantonese, Northern Min) tip of a knife
2. (Zhao'an Hakka) edge of a knife; knife blade

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刀刃 (“edge of a knife; knife blade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒
Mandarin	Taiwan	刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒
	Luoyang	刀刃兒
	Xi'an	刀刃
	Ürümqi	刀口
	Yangzhou	刀刃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	刀口
Gan	Lichuan	刀口
	Pingxiang	刀口
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	刀嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	刀口
Jin	Taiyuan	刀刃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刀口
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刀喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩
	Quanzhou	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鐮
	Zhangzhou	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩
	Tainan	刀喙, 刀鋩
	Penghu (Xiyu)	刀鋩
	Jieyang	刀喙
	Leizhou	刀喙
	Haikou	刀喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	刀口, 刀尖
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	刀口
	Suzhou	刀口
	Hangzhou	刀口
Xiang	Changsha	刀口子
	Loudi	刀口