刀斧手

Chinese

		knife	hatchet	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (刀斧手)		刀	斧	手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāofǔshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ fu² sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-pó͘-chhiú / to-pú-chhiú / to-hú-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāofǔshǒu [Phonetic: dāofúshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daofǔshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-fu³-shou³
    • Yale: dāu-fǔ-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daufuushoou
    • Palladius: даофушоу (daofušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ fu² sau²
    • Yale: dōu fú sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ fu² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ fu² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-pó͘-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: to-póo-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi'pofchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-pú-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: to-pú-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi'pwchiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-hú-siú
    • Tâi-lô: to-hú-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi'hwsiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/

Note:

• to-pó͘-chhiú/to-pú-chhiú - vernacular;
• to-hú-siú - literary.

Noun

刀斧手

1. (archaic) executioner; headsman
2. (archaic) any (imperial) guard who carries a weapon