牙籤
See also: 牙签
Chinese
| tooth; ivory | a note; a stick; sign one's name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (牙籤/牙簽) | 牙 | 籤/簽 | |
| simp. (牙签) | 牙 | 签 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gâ-chhiam / gêe-chhiam
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6nga-chi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáqiān
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yácian
- Wade–Giles: ya2-chʻien1
- Yale: yá-chyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yachian
- Palladius: яцянь (jacjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáqiānr
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yácianr
- Wade–Giles: ya2-chʻien1-ʼrh
- Yale: yá-chyānr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yachial
- Palladius: яцяньр (jacjanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: ngaa4 cim1
- Yale: ngàh chīm
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa4 tsim1
- Guangdong Romanization: nga4 qim1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nga3 tiam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡa²² tʰiam²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà-chhiâm
- Hakka Romanization System: ngaˇ qiamˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: nga2 qiam1
- Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ t͡sʰi̯am²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: nga2 qiam1
- Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâ-chhiam
- Tâi-lô: gâ-tshiam
- Phofsit Daibuun: gachiafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-chhiam
- Tâi-lô: gêe-tshiam
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
牙籤
- toothpick (stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth) (Classifier: 根 m; 支 c)
- (archaic) ivory book label
- 鄴侯家多書，插架三萬軸。
- From: Han Yu (768–824),《送諸葛覺往隨州讀書》 (Sending Zhuge Jue Off to Suizhou for Book-Reading)
- Yè hóu jiā duō shū, chā jià sānwàn zhóu.
Yīyī xuán yáqiān, xīn ruò shǒu wèi chù. [Pinyin] - The Lord of Ye's house holds many books, countless scrolls on shelves;
Each hung with ivory tags, pristine as untouched by hands.
一一懸牙籤，新若手未觸。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
邺侯家多书，插架三万轴。
一一悬牙签，新若手未触。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, metonymic) book collection
Synonyms
- (toothpick):
Dialectal synonyms of 牙籤 (“toothpick”) [map]