刀圭

Chinese

		knife	jade tablet
simp. and trad. (刀圭)		刀	圭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāoguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄍㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāoguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daoguei
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-kuei¹
    • Yale: dāu-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dauguei
    • Palladius: даогуй (daoguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

刀圭

1. (historical) a knife-shaped object for measuring medicine dosage
2. (figurative, literary) medicine; art of healing

Derived terms

• 一刀圭

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刀	圭
とう Grade: 2	けい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーけー [tòókéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

刀(とう)圭(けい) • (tōkei) ^{←たうけい (taukei)?}

1. (historical) medicine spoon
2. (figurative) medicine, medical doctor

Derived terms

• 刀圭家(とうけいか) (tōkeika, “medical doctor”)