洗喙

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	beak; to pant
simp. and trad. (洗喙)		洗	喙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóe-chhùi / sé-chhùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: sué-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefzhuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: sé-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefzhuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

Verb

洗喙

1. (Southern Min) to brush one's teeth; to clean one's teeth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刷牙 (“to brush one's teeth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刷牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	刷牙
	Taiwan	刷牙
	Singapore	刷牙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	刷牙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	刷牙
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	刷牙, 漱口
	Wuhan	刷牙齒, 洗口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	刷牙, 漱嘴
	Hefei	刷牙, 糙嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	刷牙
	Hong Kong	刷牙
	Taishan	刷牙
	Yangjiang	刷牙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	刷牙
Gan	Nanchang	刷牙, 漱口
Hakka	Meixian	刷牙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搓牙齒, 洗嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搓牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洗牙齒, 洗嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搓牙齒, 鑪牙齒, 洗嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搓牙齒, 洗牙齒, 洗嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	洗牙
	Hong Kong	刷牙
Jin	Taiyuan	刷牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洗牙, 洗牙齒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	洗牙
	Matsu	洗牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	洗喙
	Quanzhou	洗喙
	Zhangzhou	洗喙
	Taipei	洗喙
	Kaohsiung	洗喙
	Penang (Hokkien)	洗喙, 抿牙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抿喙齒, 洗喙, 洗喙齒
	Manila (Hokkien)	洗喙
	Medan (Hokkien)	洗牙
	Chaozhou	漱齒
	Shantou	漱齒
	Singapore (Teochew)	漱齒
Wu	Shanghai	刷牙齒, 汏牙齒
	Suzhou	刷牙子, 嘓嘴
	Wenzhou	刷牙
Xiang	Changsha	刷牙, 漱口
	Shuangfeng	刷牙齒