刀身

Chinese

		knife	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (刀身)		刀	身
simp. #(刀身)		刀	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāoshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāoshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daoshen
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-shên¹
    • Yale: dāu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daushen
    • Palladius: даошэнь (daošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ san¹
    • Yale: dōu sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

刀身

1. sword blade; knife blade

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刀	身
とう Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 刀身 (MC taw syin, “lit. sword or knife body”). Compare modern Mandarin 刀身 (dāoshēn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーしん [tòóshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

刀(とう)身(しん) • (tōshin) ^{←たうしん (tausin)?}

1. the blade of a sword or knife