拔刀

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	knife
trad. (拔刀)		拔	刀
simp. ^#(拔刀)		拔	刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bádāo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bádāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bádao
  - Wade–Giles: pa²-tao¹
  - Yale: bá-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bardau
  - Palladius: бадао (badao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat⁶ dou¹
  - Yale: baht dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² tou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

拔⫽刀 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to draw one's sword
- 2015, “明潭終戰 [Final Battle of Sun-Moon Lake]”, in 水沙漣傳奇‎^[1], performed by 暴君 [Bloody Tyrant]:
  
  眾弟兄拔刀迎敵戰 [MSC, trad.]
  众弟兄拔刀迎敌战 [MSC, simp.]
  zhòng dìxiōng bádāo yíng dízhàn [Pinyin]
  Brothers, let us draw our swords and face battle with the enemy

Derived terms

拔刀斷席 / 拔刀断席
拔刀相助 (bádāoxiāngzhù)
拔刀相濟 / 拔刀相济
路見不平，拔刀相助 / 路见不平，拔刀相助

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拔	刀
ばつ > ばっ Jinmeiyō	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 拔刀 – see the following entry.

【抜刀ばっとう】

[noun] drawing one's sword

[verb] to draw one's sword

(This term, 拔刀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)