剔牙

Chinese

		pick (as teeth)	tooth; ivory
trad. (剔牙)		剔	牙
simp. ^#(剔牙)		剔	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tīyá

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tik¹ ngaa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiyá
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi¹-ya²
  - Yale: tī-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiya
  - Palladius: тия (tija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tik¹ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: tīk ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tik⁷ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tig¹ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪk̚⁵ ŋaː²¹/

Verb

剔牙

to pick one's teeth
當眾剔牙／当众剔牙 ― dāngzhòng tīyá ― to pick one's teeth in public

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 撩牙
(Hokkien) 剔喙齒／剔喙齿, 剔齒／剔齿, 撓喙齒／挠喙齿

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