尾牙

Chinese

		tail	tooth; ivory
trad. (尾牙)		尾	牙
simp. #(尾牙)		尾	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ ngaa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-ngà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-gê / bér-gê / bóe-gêe / bóe-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyá
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-ya²
    • Yale: wěi-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiya
    • Palladius: вэйя (vɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: méih ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ ŋaː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-ngà
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ nga^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ nga²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ŋa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bé-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befgee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bér-gê
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: bué-gêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bué-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boefgee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³/

Noun

尾牙

1. weiya, the worship of the Lord of the Land and the subsequent dinner party hosted by one's employer just prior to Chinese New Year, usually on the 16^th day of the 12^th month in the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• 尾禡／尾祃

Derived terms

• 食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚 / 食尾牙面忧忧，食头牙撚喙须

 

See also

• 元宵 (yuánxiāo)
• 春節／春节 (chūnjié)
• 無情雞 / 无情鸡 (mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹)

References

• 作牙與尾牙 / 作牙与尾牙 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh