乳齒

See also: 乳歯 and 乳齿

Chinese

		breast; milk	tooth
trad. (乳齒)		乳	齒
simp. (乳齿)		乳	齿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔchǐ [Phonetic: rúchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-chʻih³
    • Yale: rǔ-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruuchyy
    • Palladius: жучи (žuči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ ci²
    • Yale: yúh chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Noun

乳齒

1. milk tooth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乳牙 (“milk tooth; baby tooth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乳牙, 乳齒, 奶牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	乳牙, 乳齒
	Singapore	乳牙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶牙
	Xi'an	奶牙兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	奶牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乳牙
	Hong Kong	乳齒, 乳牙
	Taishan	乳牙
Gan	Nanchang	奶牙
	Pingxiang	奶齒
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶牙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶牙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶牙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶牙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶牙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶牙
Jin	Taiyuan	奶牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶齒, 幼齒
	Quanzhou	奶齒, 幼齒
	Zhangzhou	奶齒
	Taipei (Wanhua)	奶齒
	Kaohsiung	奶齒
	Yilan	奶齒
	Changhua (Lukang)	奶齒
	Taichung	奶齒
	Taichung (Wuqi)	奶齒
	Tainan	奶齒
	Taitung	奶仔齒
	Hsinchu	奶齒
	Penghu (Magong)	奶齒
Wu	Shanghai	奶牙
	Suzhou	奶牙
	Danyang	奶牙
	Ningbo	奶牙
	Wenzhou	毀牙, 奶牙

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乳齒):

• → Japanese: 乳歯(にゅうし) (nyūshi)
• → Korean: 유치(乳齒) (yuchi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	齒
にゅう Grade: 6	し Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 乳齒 – see the following entry.

【乳歯にゅうし】 [noun] milk tooth, baby tooth

(This term, 乳齒, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	齒

Noun

乳齒 • (yuchi) (hangeul 유치)

1. Hanja form^? of 유치 (“milk tooth; baby tooth”).