小刀
Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
knife | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (小刀) |
小 | 刀 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (pocketknife):
Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 刀仔 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 刀囝 |
| Min Nan | 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) | |
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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”).[3][1][2] The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 小刀細工 (kogatana-zaiku): carving with a knife
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
Pronunciation
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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