蛻齒

Chinese

		exuviae of insects or reptiles	tooth
trad. (蛻齒)		蛻	齒
simp. (蜕齿)		蜕	齿

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thùi-khí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thùi-khí
    • Tâi-lô: thuì-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuie'qie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/

Verb

蛻齒

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, of a child) to grow permanent teeth to replace milk teeth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 換牙 (“to grow permanent teeth to replace milk teeth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齔, 齠齒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		換牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	替牙
	Taiwan	換牙, 換牙齒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	換牙
	Xi'an	換牙
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	換牙齒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	換牙
	Taishan	換牙
Gan	Lichuan	換牙齒, 換牙
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	換牙齒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	換牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	換牙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	換牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	換牙齒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	換牙
Huizhou	Jixi	換牙齒
Jin	Taiyuan	換牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	換齒, 蛻齒
	Quanzhou	換齒, 蛻齒
	Zhangzhou	換奶齒, 換齒
	Tainan	換齒, 褪齒
	Leizhou	換齒
Wu	Shanghai	換牙齒
	Jinhua	換牙齒