蟲牙

Chinese

		animal; insect	tooth; ivory
trad. (蟲牙)		蟲	牙
simp. (虫牙)		虫	牙
anagram		牙蟲／牙虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chóngyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cong² ya²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ ngaa⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'cung² nga⁴
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhong² nga²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngyá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-ya²
    • Yale: chúng-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngya
    • Palladius: чунъя (čunʺja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ jä³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cong² ya²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cungja
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ²¹ ia²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: chùhng ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ ŋaː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'cung² nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰuŋ²⁴ ŋa³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhong² nga²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ¹³ ŋa̠¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sən¹³ ŋa̠¹³/

Noun

蟲牙

1. (colloquial) decayed tooth

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	蟲牙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蟲牙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟲牙
	Wanrong	蟲牙, 蟲吃牙
	Xi'an	蟲牙
	Xining	蟲牙
	Xuzhou	蟲牙
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蟲牙
	Ürümqi	蟲牙
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蟲牙, 爛牙齒
	Wuhan	蟲牙
	Guiyang	蟲牙
	Liuzhou	蟲牙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蟲牙, 蛀牙
	Yangzhou	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)