牙煙

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Chinese

tooth; ivory cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (牙煙)
simp. (牙烟)
alternative forms 牙㾓

Etymology

Unknown. Various theories exist:

  1. From the Literary Chinese word 崖广 (ngaai4 jim5, “wallless house built on a cliffface”);
  2. Corruption of 危險危险 (ngai4 him2, “dangerous”);
  3. From (ngaa4 jyun1, “having a toothache”).

Pronunciation


Adjective

牙煙

  1. (Cantonese) dangerous

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