牙子

Chinese edit

		tooth; ivory	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (牙子)		牙	子
simp. ^#(牙子)		牙	子

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yázi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ zi²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶nga-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yázi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yázi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ya²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yá-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.tzy
  - Palladius: яцзы (jaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁴ zi²
  - Yale: ngàh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-tsy
  - MiniDict: nga^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun edit

牙子

tooth (protruding outer edge of an object)
(archaic) middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator
(dialectal Mandarin, Wu) tooth
(Xuzhou Mandarin) bangs; fringe

Synonyms edit

(middleman):

中人 (zhōngrén)
中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
代理人 (dàilǐrén)
仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
市儈／市侩 (shìkuài) (archaic)
拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
掮客 (qiánkè)
牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
牽仔／牵仔 (Hokkien)
當中人／当中人 (²taan-tson-nyin) (Wu)
經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
說合人／说合人 (sueh^4-3 hah⁵ reng¹) (Jin)

(tooth):

Dialectal synonyms of 牙齒 (“tooth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙齒
Mandarin	Beijing	牙
	Taiwan	牙
	Harbin	牙
	Yantai (Muping)	牙
	Jinan	牙
	Luoyang	牙
	Wanrong	牙
	Xi'an	牙
	Yinchuan	牙
	Xining	牙
	Ürümqi	牙
	Wuhan	牙齒, 才調子
	Chengdu	牙齒
	Chongqing	牙齒, 牙巴
	Guiyang	牙齒
	Guilin	牙齒
	Liuzhou	牙齒
	Xuzhou	牙
	Yangzhou	牙子
	Xinghua	牙齒
	Hefei	牙, 牙齒
	Singapore	牙齒
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙
	Hong Kong	牙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	牙
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	牙
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牙
	Macau	牙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	牙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	牙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	牙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	牙
	Foshan	牙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	牙
	Foshan (Shunde)	牙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	牙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	牙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	牙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	牙
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	牙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	牙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	牙
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	牙
	Taishan	牙
	Kaiping (Chikan)	牙
	Enping (Niujiang)	牙
	Heshan (Yayao)	牙
	Dongguan	牙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牙
	Qingyuan	牙
	Fogang	牙
	Yingde (Hanguang)	牙
	Yangshan	牙
	Lianshan (Butian)	牙齒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	牙齒
	Shaoguan	牙, 牙齒
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	牙
	Renhua	牙齒
	Lechang	牙, 牙齒
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	牙
	Sihui	牙
	Guangning	牙
	Deqing	牙
	Huaiji	牙
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	牙
	Yunfu	牙
	Xinxing	牙
	Luoding	牙
	Yunan (Pingtai)	牙
	Yangjiang	牙
	Xinyi	牙齒
	Maoming (Xinpo)	牙
	Lianjiang	牙
	Nanning	牙齒, 牙
	Wuzhou	牙齒, 牙
	Yulin	牙齒, 牙
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牙齒
	Guiping	牙齒
	Mengshan (Xihe)	牙齒
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	牙齒
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	牙齒
	Baise	牙齒
	Bobai	牙齒
	Lingshan	牙齒
	Pubei	牙齒
Qinzhou	牙齒
Beihai	牙齒
Ningming	牙齒
Hengzhou	牙齒
Hezhou (Pumen)	牙齒
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牙
Singapore (Guangfu)	牙
Gan	Nanchang	牙齒
Gan	Pingxiang	牙齒
Hakka	Meixian	牙齒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	牙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	牙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	牙齒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	牙
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	牙齒
	Conghua (Lütian)	牙齒
	Yudu	牙齒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙齒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙齒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙齒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙, 牙齒
	Hong Kong	牙
	Senai (Huiyang)	牙
	Singapore (Dabu)	牙齒
Huizhou	Jixi	牙齒
Jin	Taiyuan	牙
Jin	Xinzhou	牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙齒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牙
	Changle	牙
	Fuqing	喙齒
	Yongtai	牙齒
	Gutian	喙齒
	Fu'an	喙齒
	Ningde	喙齒
	Shouning	喙齒
	Zhouning	喙齒
	Fuding	牙齒
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙齒, 齒
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喙齒
	Quanzhou	喙齒, 齒
	Jinjiang	喙齒
	Hui'an	喙齒
	Anxi	喙齒
	Dehua	喙齒
	Zhangzhou	喙齒, 齒
	Zhao'an	喙齒
	Kaohsiung	喙齒, 齒
	Yilan	喙齒
	Changhua (Lukang)	喙齒
	Taichung	牙齒
	Taichung (Wuqi)	喙齒
	Tainan	喙齒
	Taitung	喙齒
	Hsinchu	喙齒
	Penghu (Magong)	喙齒
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙齒, 牙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙齒, 齒
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙齒
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	牙齒
	Chaozhou	齒
	Shantou	齒
	Shantou (Chenghai)	齒
	Jieyang	齒
	Haifeng	牙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	齒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	牙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	齒
	Singapore (Teochew)	齒
	Pontianak (Teochew)	牙
	Leizhou	牙
	Wenchang	牙
	Haikou	齒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	牙, 喙齒
Puxian Min	Putian	齒
Puxian Min	Xianyou	喙齒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	牙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙齒
Shehua	Fu'an	牙
	Fuding	牙
	Luoyuan	牙
	Sanming	牙
	Shunchang	牙
	Hua'an	牙
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	牙齒
Wu	Shanghai	牙子, 牙齒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牙齒
	Suzhou	牙子
	Wenzhou	牙齒, 牙
	Jinhua	牙齒
Xiang	Changsha	牙齒
	Loudi	牙齒
	Shuangfeng	牙齒

(bangs):

Dialectal synonyms of 劉海 (“bangs; fringe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		劉海
Mandarin	Beijing	劉海兒, 孩兒髮, 頭髮簾兒
	Taiwan	劉海
	Harbin	劉海兒
	Yantai (Muping)	刷線兒
	Jinan	劉海兒
	Luoyang	劉海兒
	Wanrong	飛毛
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	線絡
	Xi'an	劉海兒
	Yinchuan	頭髮纓子, 鬃鬃兒 Hui
	Lanzhou	劉海
	Xining	穗穗兒
	Ürümqi	穗穗子
	Wuhan	劉海
	Chengdu	披毛兒
	Chongqing	披妹兒
	Guiyang	劉海
	Guilin	劉海
	Liuzhou	劉海, 蓋髮, 纓纓
	Xuzhou	牙子, 箍 dated
	Yangzhou	劉海
	Nanjing	劉海兒箍, 劉海
	Nantong	倒箍兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𩬎
	Hong Kong	𩬎
	Dongguan	𩬎
	Nanning	𩬎
	Wuzhou	𩬎
	Yulin	頭𩬎
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	𩬎毛
Gan	Nanchang	劉海
	Lichuan	蓮花鬚
	Pingxiang	劉海, 眉舷
Hakka	Meixian	髻翼仔
Hakka	Yudu	披髮子
Huizhou	Jixi	劉海
Jin	Taiyuan	劉海兒 adult, 馬鬃鬃 child
Jin	Xinzhou	馬鬃子, 馬鬃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭髮仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	齊眉
Eastern Min	Fuqing	齊眉
Southern Min	Xiamen	毛𩮴
	Quanzhou	毛𩮴
	Zhangzhou	毛𩮴
	Tainan	毛𩮴
	Yingde (Yuzui)	掩仔
	Yunan (Liantan)	掩仔
	Jieyang	毛𩮴
	Leizhou	毛籬
Puxian Min	Putian	囟門遮, 烏頭髮
Puxian Min	Xianyou	烏頭髮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	劉𩬎
Wu	Shanghai	劉海, 前劉海
	Shanghai (Chongming)	前頭海
	Suzhou	前劉海
	Danyang	裹搭搭
	Hangzhou	嵌髮兒
	Shaoxing	㔶絲, 全㔶絲
	Ningbo	隑絲
	Wenzhou	髧兒, 美人髧兒
Xiang	Changsha	劉環鬚
	Loudi	劉海
	Quanzhou	看髮