咬合

Chinese

		bite; nip	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (咬合)		咬	合

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau⁵ hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎohé
    • Wade–Giles: yao³-ho²
    • Yale: yǎu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauher
    • Palladius: яохэ (jaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau⁵ hap⁶
    • Yale: ngáauh hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau⁵ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao⁵ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯¹³ hɐp̚²/

Verb

咬合

1. (of two zigzag structures) to fit together; to engage; to mesh
2. (dentistry, medicine) to occlude; to bite together

Derived terms

• 咬合不正
• 咬合不齊 / 咬合不齐 (yǎohé bùqí)
• 咬合力 (yǎohélì)
• 覆咬合 (fùyǎohé)