短刀

Chinese

		lack; short	knife
simp. and trad. (短刀)		短	刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎndāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² dou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): té-to

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǎndāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǎndao
  - Wade–Giles: tuan³-tao¹
  - Yale: dwǎn-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doandau
  - Palladius: дуаньдао (duanʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun² dou¹
  - Yale: dyún dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün² dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-to
  - Tâi-lô: té-to
  - Phofsit Daibuun: defdoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: twanX taw

Rime
Character	短	刀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	都管切	都勞切
Baxter	twanX	taw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twan^X/	/taw/
Li Rong	/tuɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Wang Li	/tuɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuɑn^X/	/tɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duǎn	dāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun²	dou¹

Noun

短刀

(weaponry) short knife; short sword; dagger

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (短刀):

→ Japanese: 短刀(たんとう) (tantō)
→ Korean: 단도(短刀) (dando)
→ Vietnamese: đoản đao (短刀)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
短	刀
たん Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

短 +‎ 刀: a "small sword."

Noun

短(たん)刀(とう) • (tantō)

(weaponry) tanto (a traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana)

Coordinate terms

See also

短刀 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia