狗牙

Chinese

		dog	tooth; ivory
trad. (狗牙)		狗	牙
simp. #(狗牙)		狗	牙
anagram		牙狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaa⁴ / gau² ngaa^4-2
• Northern Min (KCR): ě-ngâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuyá
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-ya²
    • Yale: gǒu-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouya
    • Palladius: гоуя (gouja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ngaa⁴ / gau² ngaa^4-2
    • Yale: gáu ngàh / gáu ngá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaa⁴ / gau² ngaa^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² nga⁴ / geo² nga^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaː²¹/, /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě-ngâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e²¹ ŋa³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-gê
    • Tâi-lô: káu-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'gee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴/

Noun

狗牙

1. (Northern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien) canine tooth; cuspid
2. (Cantonese) zigzag; sawtooth
3. (Mandarin, computer graphics, humorous) aliasing

   Synonym: 鋸齒／锯齿 (jùchǐ)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犬齒 (“canine tooth; cuspid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		犬齒, 犬牙, 尖牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	虎牙 protruding
	Singapore	犬牙
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	錐兒牙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	犬牙
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	犬牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犬齒, 狗牙
	Hong Kong	犬齒
	Taishan	尖牙
Hakka	Meixian	犬齒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎牙, 狗牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	角齒
	Quanzhou	角齒
	Zhangzhou	角齒
	Tainan	角齒 GT, 狗牙 GT
	Shantou	狗齒
	Haikou	狗牙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	犬牙
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	犬牙
	Hangzhou	犬齒, 犬牙, 老虎牙齒
Xiang	Hengyang	釘牙
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)