剔牙

Chinese

		pick (as teeth)	tooth; ivory
trad. (剔牙)		剔	牙
simp. #(剔牙)		剔	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tik¹ ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiyá
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹-ya²
    • Yale: tī-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiya
    • Palladius: тия (tija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tik¹ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: tīk ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tik⁷ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tig¹ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪk̚⁵ ŋaː²¹/

Verb

剔牙

1. to pick one's teeth

   當眾剔牙／当众剔牙  ―  dāngzhòng tīyá  ―  to pick one's teeth in public

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 撩牙
• (Hokkien) 剔喙齒／剔喙齿, 剔齒／剔齿, 撓喙齒／挠喙齿