刀仔

Chinese

		knife	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (刀仔)		刀	仔

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹ zai²
  - Yale: dōu jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: au¹ doi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: do^ˊ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dau¹ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /tau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáu-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁴ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-á
  - Tâi-lô: to-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doi'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

刀仔

Dialectal synonyms of 小刀 (“pocketknife; penknife”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小刀, 刀子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	刀子, 小刀兒
	Taiwan	小刀
	Harbin	刀子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	刀子, 小刀兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	刀子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	小刀兒, 刀刀兒, 刀刀子, 刀子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	刀刀子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	刀刀兒, 刀兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	刀子, 刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	刀子, 小刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刀仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刀囝
Southern Min	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	細刀子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)