牙刷

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	brush; to swipe; to select
trad. (牙刷)		牙	刷
simp. #(牙刷)		牙	刷
anagram		刷牙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáshuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaa⁴ caat^3-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nga³ cat^1-4*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nga² sod⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngāi-*sáuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gâ-soa / gêe-sóa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghê⁵ suêh⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáshuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáshua
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-shua¹
    • Yale: yá-shwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yashua
    • Palladius: яшуа (jašua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ ʂu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (牙刷兒／牙刷儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáshuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáshuar
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-shua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yá-shwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yashual
    • Palladius: яшуар (jašuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ ʂu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ caat^3-2
    • Yale: ngàh cháat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ tsaat^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ cad^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰaːt̚³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nga³ cat^1-4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡa²² t͡sʰat̚³³⁻²¹⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nga² sod⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ sɔt̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngāi-*sáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai³³⁻⁵⁵ sɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâ-soa
    • Tâi-lô: gâ-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gasoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-sóa
    • Tâi-lô: gêe-suá
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² sua⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghê⁵ suêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gê sueh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡe⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sueʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga-seq
    • MiniDict: nga^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

牙刷

1. toothbrush (Classifier: 支 m c; 把 m)

   • 全新的牙刷拆來用　捨不得丟　下次回來的時候　還能用 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     全新的牙刷拆来用　舍不得丢　下次回来的时候　还能用 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2020, 韋禮安 (WeiBird), 《房客》 (Toothbrush)

     quánxīn de yáshuā chāi lái yòng, shěbùde diū, xiàcì huílái de shíhòu, hái néng yòng [Pinyin]

     A brand new toothbrush I opened to use, can't stand to throw it away; next time I come back, I can still use it

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牙刷 (“toothbrush”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙刷
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牙刷兒
	Taiwan	牙刷
	Singapore	牙刷
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	牙刷子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	牙刷兒
	Xi'an	牙刷子, 牙刷
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	牙刷子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牙刷子, 牙刷
	Wuhan	牙刷
	Guilin	牙刷
	Dagudi (Maliba)	牙刷
	Reshuitang (Longling)	牙刷
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	牙刷
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	牙刷
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	牙刷
	Hefei	牙刷子, 牙刷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙刷
	Hong Kong	牙刷
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙刷
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	牙刷
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牙刷
	Taishan	牙刷
	Dongguan	牙刷
	Yangjiang	牙刷
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牙刷
	Hepu (Shatian)	牙刷
	Beihai	牙刷
	Beihai (Nankang)	牙刷
	Beihai (Yingpan)	牙刷
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	牙刷
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	牙刷
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	牙刷
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牙刷
	Singapore (Guangfu)	牙刷
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	牙刷
	Móng Cái	牙刷
Gan	Nanchang	牙刷子
	Lichuan	牙刷
	Pingxiang	牙刷
Hakka	Meixian	牙刷仔, 牙刷, 牙擦
	Dabu (Xihe)	牙刷
	Yudu	牙刷
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙搓仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	牙搓仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	牙刷
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙搓仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	牙齒搓仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牙搓仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	牙搓仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙搓仔, 牙掃仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙搓, 牙刷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙掃仔, 牙搓仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	牙刷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙筅
	Hong Kong	牙刷, 牙擦
	Sabah (Longchuan)	牙擦
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	牙擦
	Senai (Huiyang)	牙擦
Huizhou	Jixi	牙刷
Jin	Taiyuan	牙刷子, 牙刷
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙刷, 牙齒刷
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牙刷
	Fuzhou (Changle)	牙刷
	Fuqing	牙齒刷
	Yongtai	牙刷
	Gutian	牙齒刷
	Fu'an	牙齒刷
	Ningde	牙齒刷
	Shouning	牙刷
	Zhouning	牙刷
	Fuding	牙齒筅
	Matsu	牙刷
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒抿
	Quanzhou	齒抿, 齒刷
	Hui'an	齒洗
	Zhangzhou	齒抿
	Zhangpu	齒抿
	Zhao'an	齒抿仔, 牙刷
	Taipei	齒抿仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	齒抿
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	齒抿
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	齒抿
	Kaohsiung	齒抿, 齒抿仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	齒抿, 齒抿仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	齒抿仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	齒抿仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	齒抿
	Yilan	齒抿仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	齒抿仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	齒抿仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	齒抿
	Changhua (Yongjing)	齒抿仔
	Taichung	齒抿仔
	Tainan	齒抿仔
	Tainan (Anping)	齒抿
	Hsinchu	齒抿仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	齒抿仔
	Kinmen	齒抿
	Penghu (Magong)	齒抿
	Penghu (Xiyu)	齒抿
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙齒抿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	齒抿
	Manila (Hokkien)	齒抿, 齒刷
	Medan (Hokkien)	牙抿
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	牙齒洗
	Chaozhou	齒漱
	Shantou	齒漱, 牙刷
	Shantou (Chenghai)	齒漱
	Jieyang	齒漱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	齒漱
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	齒漱
	Singapore (Teochew)	齒漱
	Pontianak (Teochew)	牙刷
	Leizhou	齒帚
	Wenchang	牙刷
	Singapore (Hainanese)	牙刷
Puxian Min	Xianyou	齒刷
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	牙刷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙刷
Wu	Shanghai	牙刷
	Suzhou	牙刷
	Danyang	牙刷子
	Hangzhou	牙刷
	Ningbo	牙刷
	Wenzhou	牙刷, 牙齒刷
	Jinhua	牙刷兒
Xiang	Changsha	牙刷子, 牙刷
	Shuangfeng	牙刷子, 牙刷

Derived terms

• 牙刷杯
• 電動牙刷／电动牙刷 (diàndòng yáshuā)

 

See also

• 牙膏 (yágāo, “toothpaste”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 牙刷 – see 牙擦 (“boastful; conceited; swaggering; arrogant; cocky; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 牙擦).