đơn đao
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 單 and 刀.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˧]
Noun
- (Chinese fiction, martial arts) one backsword (sword with one sharp edge)
- 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
- Qua khoảng nửa giờ, bên ngoài chợt có tiếng người huyên náo, hơn mười tên nha dịch cầm thương sắt đơn đao sấn vào hậu viện rung lục lạc leng keng quát tháo ầm ĩ: […]
- After about half an hour there was suddenly some tumult outside; a dozen bailiffs wielding spears and backswords rushed into the rear courtyard with a lot of noise and shouting, […]
Related terms
- song đao (“two backswords, one in each hand”)
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