塞牙

Chinese

		to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	tooth; ivory
trad. (塞牙)		塞	牙
simp. #(塞牙)		塞	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāiyá, sēiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ ㄧㄚˊ, ㄙㄟ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sak¹ ngaa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: saiyá
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹-ya²
    • Yale: sāi-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saiya
    • Palladius: сайя (sajja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sēiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄟ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: seiyá
    • Wade–Giles: sei¹-ya²
    • Yale: sēi-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seiya
    • Palladius: сэйя (sɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seɪ̯⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sak¹ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: sāk ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sak⁷ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seg¹ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐk̚⁵ ŋaː²¹/

Verb

塞牙

1. (of food) to get stuck between the teeth

   這盤菜還不夠我塞牙的！ [MSC, trad.]
   这盘菜还不够我塞牙的！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè pán cài hái bù gòu wǒ sāiyá de! [Pinyin]

   lit. This plate is not even enough for filling my teeth gaps.

2. (figurative, of one's words) to be caustic and unpleasant to hear

Synonyms

• (to get stuck between the teeth): 塞牙縫／塞牙缝, (Cantonese) 攝牙罅／摄牙罅