操刀
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage |
knife | ||
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trad. (操刀) | 操 | 刀 | |
simp. #(操刀) | 操 | 刀 | |
Literally: “to hold the knife”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠ ㄉㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: caodao
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao1-tao1
- Yale: tsāu-dāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaudau
- Palladius: цаодао (caodao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou1 dou1
- Yale: chōu dōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou1 dou1
- Guangdong Romanization: cou1 dou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]操刀
- (figurative) to hold the reins; to be in charge
- (figurative, surgery, of a person) to perform the operation