菜刀
Chinese
| dish (type of food); vegetables | knife | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菜刀) | 菜 | 刀 | |
| simp. #(菜刀) | 菜 | 刀 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'cai3 dau1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): cai3 dau1
- Northern Min (KCR): cha̤̿-dáu
- Eastern Min (BUC): chái-dŏ̤
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cai4 do1
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): caai3 daau1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshe-tau
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: càidāo
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: càidao
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai4-tao1
- Yale: tsài-dāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydau
- Palladius: цайдао (cajdao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cai4 dao1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai dao
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²¹³ tau⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: cāidào
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cai4 dao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴ tɔ³¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi3 dou1
- Yale: choi dōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi3 dou1
- Guangdong Romanization: coi3 dou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: toi1 au1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰᵘɔi³³ au³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-tô
- Hakka Romanization System: coi doˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: coi4 do1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ to²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: coiˇ doˋ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi¹¹ to⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: coi4 dau1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoɪ⁵³ tau⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cha̤̿-dáu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛ³³ tau⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cai4 do1 [Phonetic: cai1 lo1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha̍i-deo
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (t-)lo⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cai4 do1 [Phonetic: cai1 lo1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (t-)lo⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-to
- Tâi-lô: tshài-to
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'doy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cai3 do1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshài to
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: caai3 daau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵ tau⁵³/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
菜刀
- chef's knife; kitchen knife; vegetable cleaver (Classifier: 把 m c; 張／张 c; 支 mn)
Usage notes
Typically used in Chinese cooking as an all-purpose cutting tool, despite being named for their particular use for vegetables.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 菜刀 (“kitchen knife; cleaver”) [map]