後層

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	layer; floor; a measure word for layers layer; floor; a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; story (of a building); (maths) sheaf
trad. (後層)		後	層
simp. (后层)		后	层
alternative forms		後齻／后𱌺

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-chan / āu-chân / āu-chan

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-chan
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-tsan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² t͡san³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-chân
    • Tâi-lô: āu-tsân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxzaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ t͡san¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ t͡san²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-chan
    • Tâi-lô: āu-tsan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxzafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ t͡san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ t͡san⁴⁴/

Noun

後層

1. (Hokkien) molar
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) wisdom tooth

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臼齒 (“molar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臼齒
Mandarin	Jinan	大牙, 後槽牙, 槽牙
	Luoyang	大牙
	Wanrong	槽牙
	Xi'an	槽牙
	Xining	大牙
	Ürümqi	大牙, 槽牙
	Chengdu	大牙
	Liuzhou	大牙
	Xuzhou	大牙, 後槽牙
	Yangzhou	槽牙
	Nanjing	槽牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大牙
	Hong Kong	大牙
	Taishan	大牙
	Dongguan	大牙
Gan	Nanchang	大牙
Hakka	Meixian	大牙板
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大牙, 大牙板
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	大牙, 大牙板
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	大牙, 大牙板
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	大牙, 大牙板
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	大牙, 大牙板
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大牙
Jin	Taiyuan	後槽牙, 槽牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	大牙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	後層齒, 大層齒, 牙槽齒, 大層, 後層
	Quanzhou	後層齒, 後層
	Zhangzhou	後層齒, 大層齒, 大層, 後層
	Tainan	後層 GT
	Shantou	臼齒, 牙頭母
	Jieyang	牙頭母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	大牙
Wu	Hangzhou	大牙齒
	Ningbo	大牙
	Wenzhou	槽牙
	Jinhua	大牙, 榫頭牙

Dialectal synonyms of 智齒 (“wisdom tooth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		智齒, 智牙, 智慧齒
Mandarin	Beijing	盡頭牙, 盡根牙
	Taiwan	智齒
	Chengdu	盡頭牙, 智齒
	Guiyang	盡頭牙
	Liuzhou	盡頭牙
	Nanjing	盡根牙
Cantonese	Hong Kong	智慧齒
Southern Min	Tainan	後層
Wu	Shanghai	盡頭牙, 盡根牙
	Suzhou	盡根牙
	Hangzhou	盡根牙
	Ningbo	淨根牙
	Wenzhou	盡頭兒牙

References

• “Entry #4977”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.