牙蛀

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	termite; to bore (of insects)
trad. (牙蛀)		牙	蛀
simp. #(牙蛀)		牙	蛀
anagram		蛀牙

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngāi ciéu

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngāi ciéu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai³³ t͡siɛu²¹³/

Noun

牙蛀

1. (Eastern Min) dental caries; tooth decay

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 齲齒 (“dental caries; tooth decay”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		齲齒, 齒齲, 蛀牙
Mandarin	Harbin	蟲牙
	Jinan	蟲牙
	Luoyang	蟲牙
	Wanrong	蟲牙, 蟲吃牙
	Xi'an	蟲牙
	Yinchuan	蟲牙
	Xining	蟲牙
	Ürümqi	蟲牙
	Wuhan	蟲牙
	Chengdu	蟲牙, 爛牙齒
	Guiyang	蟲牙
	Liuzhou	蟲牙
	Xuzhou	蟲牙
	Yangzhou	蟲牙, 蛀牙
	Nanjing	蟲牙, 蛀牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛀牙, 蟲牙
	Hong Kong	蛀牙
	Taishan	爛牙, 蟲蛀牙
	Dongguan	爛牙
Gan	Nanchang	蟲牙
	Lichuan	蟲牙
	Pingxiang	蟲牙
Hakka	Meixian	蛀牙
	Yudu	蟲牙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蛀牙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蛀牙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蛀牙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蛀牙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蛀牙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蛀牙
Huizhou	Jixi	蟲牙
Jin	Taiyuan	蟲吃牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蛀牙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蛀牙, 牙蛀
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛀齒
	Quanzhou	蛀齒
	Zhangzhou	蛀齒
	Tainan	蛀齒 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蛀齒
	Shantou	蛀齒, 蛀牙
	Leizhou	食蟲齒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蟲牙, 爛牙
Wu	Shanghai	蛀牙, 蛀牙齒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛀牙齒
	Suzhou	蛀牙
	Danyang	爛牙齒, 蛀牙
	Hangzhou	蛀牙
	Ningbo	蛀牙
	Wenzhou	爛牙
	Jinhua	蟲牙
Xiang	Changsha	蟲牙
	Loudi	蟲牙
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)