牙罅

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	crack; grudge
trad. (牙罅)		牙	罅
simp. #(牙罅)		牙	罅

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ laa³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nga² la⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ laa³
    • Yale: ngàh la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ la³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ laː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nga² la⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ la⁵³/

Noun

牙罅

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) gap between teeth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牙縫 (“gap between the teeth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙縫
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牙縫兒, 牙縫子
	Taiwan	牙縫
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	牙縫
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	牙齒縫縫
	Liuzhou	牙齒罅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙罅
	Hong Kong	牙罅
	Dongguan	牙罅
Gan	Nanchang	牙齒縫, 牙縫
Hakka	Meixian	牙罅
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙齒縫
Southern Min	Taipei	喙齒縫 GT
	Tainan	齒縫
	Shantou	牙縫
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙齒罅
Wu	Suzhou	牙子縫
	Danyang	牙齒縫縫, 牙齒縫
	Hangzhou	牙齒縫道兒, 牙縫
	Ningbo	牙子縫
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

• 攝牙罅 / 摄牙罅