牙花子

Chinese edit

		tooth; ivory	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (牙花子)		牙	花	子
simp. ^#(牙花子)		牙	花	子

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáhuāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáhuāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáhuazi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ya²-hua¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yá-hwā-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahua.tzy
  - Palladius: яхуацзы (jaxuaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun edit

牙花子

(dialectal) gum; the flesh around the teeth
(dialectal) dental plaque
(dialectal) food residue left on or between the teeth

Synonyms edit

(gum):

Dialectal synonyms of 牙齦 (“gum; gingiva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙齦, 齒齦
Mandarin	Beijing	牙床兒, 牙床子
	Taiwan	牙床, 牙齦
	Tianjin	牙花子, 牙床子
	Harbin	牙花子
	Yantai (Muping)	牙花子
	Jinan	牙花子
	Luoyang	牙床, 牙圪陵兒
	Wanrong	牙山
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	牙花子
	Xi'an	牙床子
	Yinchuan	牙床子
	Lanzhou	牙花子
	Xining	牙花子, 牙關子
	Ürümqi	牙床子, 牙花子
	Wuhan	牙包
	Chengdu	牙床
	Guiyang	牙根
	Guilin	牙根
	Liuzhou	牙肉, 牙床
	Xuzhou	牙根子
	Yangzhou	牙花子, 牙板子
	Nanjing	牙花
	Nantong	牙齦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙肉
	Hong Kong	牙肉, 牙床
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙肉
	Taishan	牙肉
	Dongguan	牙床, 牙齦
	Nanning	牙肉
	Wuzhou	牙肉
	Yulin	牙肉, 牙根
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牙肉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牙肉
Gan	Nanchang	牙疆
	Lichuan	牙腮肉, 牙腮, 牙床肉, 牙床, 牙較
	Pingxiang	牙筋肉, 牙腮肉
Hakka	Meixian	牙床肉
	Xingning	牙床肉
	Huidong (Daling)	牙床肉
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	牙脣肉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	牙藤
	Changting	牙舷肉
	Wuping	牙騎肉
	Wuping (Pingyu)	牙琴肉
	Ninghua	牙門肉, 牙齦肉
	Yudu	牙查肉, 牙床肉
	Ruijin	牙齒肉
	Shicheng	牙㿸肉, 牙䫧
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牙撬肉, 牙䫧
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙倉肉, 牙床肉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙倉肉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙倉肉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙齦肉, 牙槽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙倉肉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙槽肉, 牙槽
	Hong Kong	牙倉肉
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	牙根, 牙肉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	牙框肉
	Senai (Huiyang)	牙倉肉
	Singkawang	牙倉肉
Huizhou	Jixi	牙叉肉
Jin	Taiyuan	牙床子
Jin	Xinzhou	牙花子, 牙床
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙槽, 牙齦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	齒座, 牙座, 牙齦
	Changle	牙齦
	Fuqing	齒座
	Yongtai	牙齦
	Gutian	喙齒齦
	Fu'an	齒座
	Ningde	喙齒齦
	Shouning	喙齒齦
	Zhouning	喙齒齦
	Fuding	牙齒齦
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒仁, 齒岸
	Zhangzhou	齒仁, 齒岸
	Taipei	齒岸
	Kaohsiung	牙槽
	Yilan	牙槽, 齒岸
	Changhua (Lukang)	齒岸
	Taichung	齒岸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	齒岸
	Tainan	齒岸
	Taitung	齒岸
	Hsinchu	齒岸
	Penghu (Magong)	齒岸
	Shantou	齒齦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	齒齦
	Haikou	齒牙齦
Puxian Min	Putian	齒囤
Puxian Min	Xianyou	齒囤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙床, 牙肉
Wu	Shanghai	牙床, 牙床骨, 牙肉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牙齦
	Suzhou	牙肉
	Danyang	牙連肉
	Hangzhou	牙床肉兒
	Ningbo	牙肉
	Wenzhou	牙床肉
	Jinhua	牙床肉
Xiang	Changsha	牙齦子
	Loudi	牙群肉
	Quanzhou	牙床

(plaque):

Dialectal synonyms of 牙垢 (“dental plaque”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙垢
Mandarin	Beijing	牙花子
	Taiwan	牙垢
	Bayanhot	牙花子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	牙滯
	Harbin	牙滯子, 牙鏽
	Yantai (Muping)	牙鏽
	Jinan	牙黃
	Luoyang	牙花兒
	Wanrong	牙花子, 牙鏽
	Xi'an	牙花子
	Lanzhou	牙鏽
	Xining	牙鏽
	Wuhan	牙𨣉
	Chengdu	牙黃, 牙屎, 牙垢
	Guiyang	牙屎
	Guilin	牙屎, 牙鏽
	Liuzhou	牙屎
	Xuzhou	牙屎
	Yangzhou	牙垠
	Nanjing	牙黃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙屎
	Hong Kong	牙屎
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	牙屎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	牙屎
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牙屎
	Macau	牙屎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	牙屎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	牙屎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	牙屎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	牙屎
	Foshan	牙屎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	牙屎
	Foshan (Shunde)	牙屎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	牙屎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	牙屎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	牙屎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	牙屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	牙屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	牙屎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	牙屎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	牙屎
	Taishan	牙屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	牙屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	牙屎
	Heshan (Yayao)	牙屎
	Dongguan	牙屎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牙屎
	Qingyuan	牙屎
	Fogang	牙屎
	Yingde (Hanguang)	牙黃
	Yangshan	牙屎
	Lianshan (Butian)	牙齒垢
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	牙屎
	Shaoguan	牙屎
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	牙屎
	Renhua	牙屎
	Lechang	牙屎
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	牙屎
	Sihui	牙屎
	Guangning	牙屎
	Deqing	牙茄
	Huaiji	牙屎
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	牙屎
	Yunfu	牙屎
	Xinxing	牙屎
	Luoding	牙屎
	Yunan (Pingtai)	牙屎
	Xinyi	牙黃
	Lianjiang	牙屎
	Nanning	牙齒屎
	Wuzhou	牙齒屎
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牙齒屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牙屎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	牙屎
Gan	Lichuan	牙屎
Gan	Pingxiang	牙㿸, 牙屎
Hakka	Meixian	牙黃
	Xingning	牙黃
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	牙屎
	Huidong (Daling)	牙黃
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	牙屎, 牙黃
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	牙屎
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	牙黃
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	牙屎
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	牙屎
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	牙黃
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	牙屎
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	牙黃
	Liannan	牙黃
	Conghua (Lütian)	牙黃
	Jiexi	牙黃
	Changting	牙黃
	Wuping	牙黃
	Wuping (Pingyu)	牙黃
	Liancheng	牙黃
	Ninghua	牙屎㿸, 牙黃
	Yudu	牙黃
	Ruijin	牙黃
	Shicheng	牙㿸
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牙黃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙黃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙黃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙黃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙黃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙黃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙屎
	Hong Kong	牙黃
	Luchuan	牙黃
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	牙屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	牙屎
	Singkawang	牙黃
Huizhou	Jixi	牙齒垽
Jin	Taiyuan	牙花子
	Pingyao	牙鏽
	Xinzhou	牙乾
	Hohhot	牙坩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙齒垢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牙齪, 牙齦
Eastern Min	Fuqing	齒屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒𣻸
	Quanzhou	齒𣻸
	Zhangzhou	喙齒屎
	Tainan	齒𣻸, 喙齒𣻸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	齒𣻸
	Longyan	牙屎
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	齒屎, 牙齒屎
	Datian	喙齒屎
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	牙齒屎
	Shantou	齒屎
	Jieyang	齒屎
	Bangkok (Teochew)	牙屎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	牙屎
	Leizhou	齒鉎
	Haikou	齒屎
Central Min	Yong'an	牙齒𣻸
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	牙屎
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	牙屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙齒屎, 牙屎
Wu	Shanghai	牙惡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牙惡
	Suzhou	牙垠, 牙黃
	Danyang	牙齒垠
	Hangzhou	牙齒惡
	Ningbo	牙子惡, 牙惡, 牙子垽
	Wenzhou	牙齒惡, 牙𥀃
	Jinhua	牙齒惡
Xiang	Changsha	牙㿸, 牙垢
	Loudi	牙屎
	Quanzhou	牙根屎, 牙屎