換牙

Chinese

		change; exchange	tooth; ivory
trad. (換牙)		換	牙
simp. (换牙)		换	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun⁶ ngaa⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): von⁵ nga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànyá
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-ya²
    • Yale: hwàn-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannya
    • Palladius: хуанья (xuanʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: wuhn ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² ŋaː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: von⁵ nga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔn³² ᵑɡa²²/

Verb

換牙

1. (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