# 菜刀
## Chinese

* 菜刀 (Written Standard Chinese)
* chhài-to (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): càidāo
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cai$^4$ dao$^1$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cāidào
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coi$^3$ dou$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): toi$^1$ au$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'cai$^3$ dau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhoi-tô
    (Hailu, HRS): coi$^ˇ$ do$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): coi$^4$ dau$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cai$^3$ dau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cha̤̿-dáu
* Eastern Min (BUC): chái-dŏ̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cai$^4$ do$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-to
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cai$^3$ do$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): caai$^3$ daau$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshe-tau
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): cai$^4$ dau$^1$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): ce$^4$ deu$^{1*}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: càidāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: càidao
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^4$-tao$^1$
*** Yale: tsài-dāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydau
*** Palladius: цайдао (cajdao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cai$^4$ dao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cai dao
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai²¹³ tau⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: cāidào
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cai$^4$ dao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴ tɔ³¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^3$ dou$^1$
*** Yale: choi dōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^3$ dou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^3$ dou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: toi$^1$ au$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰᵘɔi³³ au³³⁻³³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'cai$^3$ dau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡sʰai²¹³⁻¹³ tau⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-tô
*** Hakka Romanization System: coi do$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: coi$^4$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ to²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: coi$^ˇ$ do$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi¹¹ to⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: coi$^4$ dau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoɪ⁵³ tau⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^3$ dau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰai⁴⁵ tau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cha̤̿-dáu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ³³ tau⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chái-dŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lo⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cai$^4$ do$^1$ [Phonetic: cai$^1$ lo$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha̍i-deo
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lo⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cai$^4$ do$^1$ [Phonetic: cai$^1$ lo$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lɵ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-to
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'doy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cai$^3$ do$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshài to
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: caai$^3$ daau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁵⁵ tau⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshe-tau
*** MiniDict: tshe$^去$ tau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshe-tau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ tɔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: cai$^4$ dau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵ tɒu̯³³/
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: ce$^4$ deu$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰe̞³⁵ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³/

### Noun

菜刀
* chef's knife; kitchen knife; vegetable cleaver (Classifier: 把 m c; 張／张 c; 支 mn)

#### Usage notes

Typically used in Chinese cooking as an all-purpose cutting tool, despite being named for their particular use for vegetables.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菜刀, 廚刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 菜刀, 茶刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 菜刀, 切刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 菜刀, 撥刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 菜刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 薄刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 薄刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 薄刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 菜刀, 薄刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 切菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 菜刀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 薄刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 菜刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 菜刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 菜刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 菜刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 切菜刀, 切刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 刀子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 菜刀, 切刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 切飯刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 切面刀, 菜刀, 切菜刀, 刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 切刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 切刀, 菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 菜刀, 石刀, 切菜刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 切刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 切刀, 菜刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 切刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 切刀, 廚刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 切刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 切刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 切菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 菜刀, 石刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 菜刀, 切刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 菜刀, 薄刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 菜刀, 白刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 菜刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 菜刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 切菜刀, 菜刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廚刀, 菜刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 石刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 石刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 薄刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 菜刀, 排刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 菜刀, 薄菜刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 薄刀, 菜刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 切菜刀子, 刀子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菜刀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 菜刀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 菜刀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 菜刀, 魚菜刀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 薄刀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 菜刀 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 菜刀 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 菜刀 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 菜刀 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 菜刀, 樸刀 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 菜刀, 切菜刀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菜刀, 切菜刀, 切刀, 刀兒, 刀 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 切菜刀 |
| Jin | Datong | 切菜刀 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 切刀 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 菜刀, 刀兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 菜刀 |
| Jin | Linhe | 切刀 |
| Jin | Jining | 切菜刀 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 切刀 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 菜刀, 切刀 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 刀 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 菜刀 |
| Jin | Handan | 切菜刀, 菜刀 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 刀 |
| Jin | Suide | 刀子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𬄝刀, 菜刀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 菜刀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 薄刀 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 菜刀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 菜刀 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 切菜刀, 菜刀, 薄刀 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 薄刀 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 切菜刀 |
| Wu | Danyang | 薄刀 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 廚刀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 薄刀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 教配刀 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 薄刀 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 菜刀 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 菜刀 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 菜刀 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 菜刀 |