犬牙

Chinese

		dog	tooth; ivory
trad. (犬牙)		犬	牙
simp. #(犬牙)		犬	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quǎnyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun² ngaa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khián-gâ / khián-gêe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quǎnyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎnyá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan³-ya²
    • Yale: chywǎn-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuanya
    • Palladius: цюанья (cjuanʹja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun² ngaa⁴
    • Yale: hyún ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn² ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün² nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³⁵ ŋaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián-gâ
    • Tâi-lô: khián-gâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn'gaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡa²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: khián-gêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɛ¹³/

Noun

犬牙

1. canine tooth; cuspid
2. fang (of a dog)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犬齒 (“canine tooth; cuspid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		犬齒, 犬牙, 尖牙
Mandarin	Harbin	虎牙 protruding
	Yantai (Muping)	錐兒牙
	Luoyang	犬牙
	Yinchuan	犬牙
	Singapore	犬牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犬齒, 狗牙
	Hong Kong	犬齒
	Taishan	尖牙
Hakka	Meixian	犬齒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎牙, 狗牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	角齒
	Quanzhou	角齒
	Zhangzhou	角齒
	Tainan	角齒 GT, 狗牙 GT
	Shantou	狗齒
	Haikou	狗牙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	犬牙
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	犬牙
	Hangzhou	犬齒, 犬牙, 老虎牙齒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 犬牙交錯／犬牙交错 (quǎnyájiāocuò)
• 犬牙差互
• 犬牙盤石／犬牙盘石
• 犬牙相制
• 犬牙相臨／犬牙相临
• 犬牙相錯／犬牙相错
• 犬牙鷹爪／犬牙鹰爪

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (犬牙):

• → Japanese: 犬(けん)牙(が) (kenga)
• → Korean: 견아(犬牙) (gyeona)