剃刀

Chinese

		shave	knife
simp. and trad. (剃刀)		剃	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìdāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ dou¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): tié-dŏ̤
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ti³ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìdāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìdao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-tao¹
    • Yale: tì-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihdau
    • Palladius: тидао (tidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ dou¹
    • Yale: tai dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tié-dŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti³ do¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thì to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to³³/

Noun

剃刀

1. razor (Classifier: 把 m c)

Synonyms

• 刮鬍刀／刮胡刀 (guāhúdāo)
• 剃頭刀／剃头刀 (Hokkien)
• 剃鬚刀／剃须刀 (tìxūdāo)
• 髡刀 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鬚刨／须刨 (sou¹ paau^4-2) (Cantonese)

 

Derived terms

• 奧卡姆剃刀／奥卡姆剃刀 (Àokǎmǔ tìdāo)
• 安全剃刀 (ānquán tìdāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剃	刀
かみそり
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 髪 (kami, “hair on the head”) +‎ 剃り (sori, “shaving facial hair or body hair; a shaver”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 剃(そ)る (soru, “to shave facial hair or body hair”).). First cited in the ten-volume Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.

The kanji are from Chinese 剃刀 (tìdāo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かみそ​り [kàmísóꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) かみそり​ [kàmísóríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲiso̞ɾʲi]

Noun

剃刀(かみそり) • (kamisori) 

1. razor

Derived terms

• 剃刀(かみそり)貝(がい) (kamisorigai)
• 剃刀(かみそり)気(か)触(ぶ)れ (kamisori kabure)
• 剃刀(かみそり)の刃(は)を渡(わた)る (kamisori no ha o wataru)
• 剃刀(かみそり)負(ま)け (kamisori make)
• 狐(きつね)の剃刀(かみそり) (kitsune no kamisori)
• 西(せい)洋(よう)剃刀(かみそり) (seiyō kamisori)
• 電(でん)気(き)剃刀(かみそり) (denki kamisori)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
剃	刀
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 剃刀 (kamisori). Attested in 沖縄語典 as かんすい.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kan̩sui]

Noun

剃刀(かんすい) (kansui) 

1. razor