尖牙

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Chinese

point (of needle); sharp; shrewd
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
 
 tooth; ivory
trad. (尖牙) 尖 牙
simp. #(尖牙) 尖 牙

Pronunciation

Noun

尖牙

  1. canine tooth; cuspid
  2. tusk

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犬齒 (“canine tooth; cuspid”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 犬齒, 犬牙, 尖牙
Northeastern Mandarin Harbin 虎牙 protruding
Singapore 犬牙
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 錐兒牙
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 犬牙
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 犬牙
Cantonese Guangzhou 犬齒, 狗牙
Hong Kong 犬齒
Taishan 尖牙
Hakka Meixian 犬齒
Northern Min Jian'ou 老虎牙, 狗牙
Southern Min Xiamen 角齒
Quanzhou 角齒
Zhangzhou 角齒
Tainan 角齒 GT, 狗牙 GT
Shantou 狗齒
Haikou 狗牙
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 犬牙
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 犬牙
Hangzhou 犬齒, 犬牙, 老虎牙齒
Xiang Hengyang 釘牙
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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