刀口

Chinese

		knife	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (刀口)		刀	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāokǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ hau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-khiéu / tô-héu
• Northern Min (KCR): dáu-kě
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): do¹ kao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāokǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daokǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: dāu-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daukoou
    • Palladius: даокоу (daokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ hau²
    • Yale: dōu háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-khiéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: do^ˊ kieu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ kieu³
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-khiéu / tô-héu
    • Hakka Romanization System: do^ˊ kieu^ˋ / do^ˊ heu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ kieu³ / do¹ heu³
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/, /to²⁴ heu̯³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dáu-kě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁴ kʰe²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do¹ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/

Noun

刀口

1. edge of a knife
2. crucial point; right sport
3. cut; incision

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	刀刃兒
	Xi'an	刀刃
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	刀口
Jianghuai Mandarin	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

• (crucial point): 刀刃 (dāorèn)