牙疼咒

Chinese

		to have a toothache	put a curse on
trad. (牙疼咒)		牙疼	咒
simp. #(牙疼咒)		牙疼	咒
Literally: “toothache curse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáténgzhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáténgzhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáténgjhòu
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-tʻêng²-chou⁴
    • Yale: yá-téng-jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaterngjow
    • Palladius: ятэнчжоу (jatɛnčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

牙疼咒

1. an insignificant curse; one that has little effect.

   • 此乃牙疼咒耳！世間豈有血肉成為飛灰之理。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此乃牙疼咒耳！世间岂有血肉成为飞灰之理。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Investiture of the Gods, circa 16^th century CE

     Cǐ nǎi yáténgzhòu ěr! Shìjiān qǐ yǒu xuèròu chéngwéi fēi huī zhī lǐ. [Pinyin]

     This is but a toothache curse! How could there be something in the world that renders flesh and blood into flying ash?