蛀牙
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Chinese
| termite; to bore (of insects) | tooth; ivory | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蛀牙) | 蛀 | 牙 | |
| simp. #(蛀牙) | 蛀 | 牙 | |
| anagram | 牙蛀 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu3 ngaa4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̿-ngâ
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciú-ngāi
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zu3 ghê5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tsy-nga
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhùyá
- Wade–Giles: chu4-ya2
- Yale: jù-yá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhya
- Palladius: чжуя (čžuja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ jä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyu3 ngaa4
- Yale: jyu ngàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzy3 ngaa4
- Guangdong Romanization: ju3 nga4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syː³³ ŋaː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu-ngà
- Hakka Romanization System: zu ngaˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zu4 nga2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵ ŋa¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: zhiuˇ nga / zhuˇ nga
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃiu¹¹ ŋa⁵⁵/, /t͡ʃu¹¹ ŋa⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̿-ngâ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sy³³ ŋa³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciú-ngāi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋai³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zu3 ghê5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsù gê
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡe⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Noun
蛀牙
- dental caries; tooth decay
- decayed tooth; rotten tooth
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 齲齒 (“dental caries; tooth decay”)