牙根

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (牙根)		牙	根
simp. #(牙根)		牙	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yágēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngà-kîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yágēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yágen
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-kên¹
    • Yale: yá-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yagen
    • Palladius: ягэнь (jagɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ gan¹
    • Yale: ngàh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˇ gin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nga² gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ kin²⁴/

Noun

牙根

1. (anatomy) root of the tooth; base of the tooth
2. (Hakka, figurative) sense of responsibility; sense of duty

Synonyms

• (root of the tooth): 齒根／齿根 (chǐgēn); (Hakka) 牙腳／牙脚; (Hokkien) 齒跤／齿跤, 齒頭／齿头, 齒齦根／齿龈根, 喙齒根／喙齿根