刀把子

Chinese

		knife handle; sword/dagger hilt	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (刀把子)		刀把	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāobǎzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄅㄚˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ baa² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāobǎzǐ [Phonetic: dāobázǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄅㄚˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daobǎzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-pa³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dāu-bǎ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daubaatzyy
    • Palladius: даобацзы (daobaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ baa² zi²
    • Yale: dōu bá jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ baa² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ ba² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ paː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

刀把子

1. (officialese, figurative) law enforcement agencies; court, police and corrections
2. (colloquial) handle of a knife