刀背

Chinese

		knife	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
trad. (刀背)		刀	背
simp. #(刀背)		刀	背

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāobèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ bui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-poi
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): do¹ bhu³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tau-pe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāobèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daobèi
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: dāu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daubey
    • Palladius: даобэй (daobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (刀背兒／刀背儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāobèir
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄅㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daobèir
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-pei⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dāu-bèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daubell
    • Palladius: даобэйр (daobɛjr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pəɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ bui³
    • Yale: dōu bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ puːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-poi
    • Hakka Romanization System: do´ boi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ boi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴⁻¹¹ poi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do¹ bhu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to bù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³⁻²³ bu²¹³/

Note: do1 bhu3 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tau-pe
    • MiniDict: tau^平 pe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tau-pe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɔ⁵⁵ pe²¹/

Noun

刀背

1. back of a knife blade

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刀背 (“back of a knife blade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刀背
Mandarin	Taiwan	刀背
	Luoyang	刀背兒
	Xi'an	刀背
Cantonese	Hong Kong	刀背
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	刀背
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	刀背
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	刀背
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	刀背
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	刀背
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	刀背
Huizhou	Jixi	刀背
Jin	Xinzhou	刀背子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刀背脊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刀枕
Southern Min	Xiamen	刀銎
	Quanzhou	刀銎
	Zhangzhou	刀銎
	Tainan	刀銎 GT, 銎 GT
	Jieyang	刀背
Wu	Shanghai	刀背
	Suzhou	刀背
	Danyang	刀背
	Hangzhou	刀背
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)