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刀斧手

刀斧手

Chinese

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

Noun

刀斧手

(archaic) an executioner
(archaic) any (imperial) guard who carries a weapon

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dāofǔshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Min Nan (POJ): to-pó͘-chhiú / to-pú-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāofǔshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daufuushoou
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-pó͘-chhiú / to-pú-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: to-póo-tshiú / to-pú-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doi'pofchiuo, doi'pwchiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /tɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ³³ pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/, /tɤ³³ pu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /tɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/, /to⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/, /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/