刀刃

Chinese

		knife	edge of blade
trad. (刀刃)		刀	刃
simp. #(刀刃)		刀	刃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāorèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ jan⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): dau¹ zeng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-līm / to-jīm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāorèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daorèn
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-jên⁴
    • Yale: dāu-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daurenn
    • Palladius: даожэнь (daožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāorènr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daorènr
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-jên⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dāu-rènr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daurell
    • Palladius: даожэньр (daožɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐəɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ jan⁶
    • Yale: dōu yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ jɐn²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dau¹ zeng³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau¹¹ t͡sə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-līm
    • Tâi-lô: to-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doilim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ lim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² lim²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: to-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doijim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zim²²/

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• Middle Chinese: taw nyinH

Rime
Character	刀	刃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	都勞切	而振切
Baxter	taw	nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑu/	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑu/	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑu/	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taw/	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/tɑu/	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/tɑu/	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑu/	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dāo	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	jan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.tˤaw  nə[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːw  njɯns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刀	刃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dāo	rèn
Middle Chinese	‹ taw ›	‹ nyinH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.tˁaw/	/*nə[n]-s/
English	knife	edge of a blade
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刀	刃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2108	10831
Phonetic component	刀	刃
Rime group	宵	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		刃
Old Chinese	/*taːw/	/*njɯns/

Noun

刀刃

1. edge of a knife; knife blade
2. (figurative) crucial point; pivotal point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刀刃 (“edge of a knife; knife blade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒
Mandarin	Taiwan	刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒
	Luoyang	刀刃兒
	Xi'an	刀刃
	Ürümqi	刀口
	Yangzhou	刀刃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	刀口
Gan	Lichuan	刀口
	Pingxiang	刀口
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	刀口, 刀鋒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	刀嘴
Huizhou	Jixi	刀口
Jin	Taiyuan	刀刃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刀口
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刀喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩
	Quanzhou	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鐮
	Zhangzhou	刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩
	Tainan	刀喙, 刀鋩
	Penghu (Xiyu)	刀鋩
	Jieyang	刀喙
	Leizhou	刀喙
	Haikou	刀喙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	刀口, 刀尖
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	刀口
	Suzhou	刀口
	Hangzhou	刀口
Xiang	Changsha	刀口子
	Loudi	刀口

• (crucial point): 刀口 (dāokǒu)

Derived terms

• 好鋼用在刀刃上／好钢用在刀刃上 (hǎogāng yòngzài dāorènshàng)