zhanmadao

See also: zhǎnmǎdāo

English

An ancient illustration of a zhanmadao

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 斬馬刀 / 斩马刀 (zhǎnmǎdāo).

Noun

zhanmadao (plural zhanmadaos)

1. An ancient Chinese curved single-edged anti-cavalry sabre-type sword, with a 1-2 foot handle and 4-5 foot blade

Hypernyms

• dao (Chinese sword)
• sabre (a curved single-edged sword)
• sword (a long blade with a handle)
• blade (an edged weapon)
• anti-cavalry sword

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 斬馬刀 / 斩马刀 (zaam² maa⁵ dou¹)

  Mandarin: 斬馬刀 / 斩马刀 (zhǎnmǎdāo), 斬馬劍 / 斩马剑 (zh) (zhǎnmǎjiàn)

• French: zhanmadao
• Hungarian: dzsanmadao
• Italian: zhǎnmǎ dāo
• Japanese: 斬馬刀
• Korean: 참마도 (chammado)
• Manchurian: ᠰᠠᠴᡳᠮᡵᡳ
  ᠯᠣᡥᠣ (sacimri loho)

French

Etymology

From Mandarin zhǎnmǎdāo (sabre à couper les chevaux), from Chinese 斬馬刀 / 斩马刀 (zhǎnmǎdāo, “traditional Chinese”) (斩马刀 (zhǎnmǎdāo, “simplified Chinese”)).

Noun

zhanmadao f (plural zhanmadaos)

1. zhanmadao

Hypernyms

• dao
• épée
• sabre
• arme anti-cavalerie