牙籤

See also: 牙签

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	a note; a stick; sign one's name
trad. (牙籤/牙簽)		牙	籤/簽
simp. (牙签)		牙	签

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáqiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaa⁴ cim¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nga³ tiam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngà-chhiâm

(Meixian, Guangdong): nga² qiam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gâ-chhiam / gêe-chhiam
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáqiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yácian
  - Wade–Giles: ya²-chʻien¹
  - Yale: yá-chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yachian
  - Palladius: яцянь (jacjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáqiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yácianr
  - Wade–Giles: ya²-chʻien¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yá-chyānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yachial
  - Palladius: яцяньр (jacjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁴ cim¹
  - Yale: ngàh chīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ tsim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ qim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nga³ tiam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡa²² tʰiam²¹/
Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà-chhiâm
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˇ qiam^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nga² qiam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ t͡sʰi̯am²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nga² qiam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâ-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: gâ-tshiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gachiafm
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: gêe-tshiam
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-chi
  - MiniDict: nga^去 chi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-qi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

Noun

牙籤

toothpick (stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth) (Classifier: 根 m; 支 c)
(archaic) ivory book label
- 鄴侯家多書，插架三萬軸。
  一一懸牙籤，新若手未觸。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  邺侯家多书，插架三万轴。
  一一悬牙签，新若手未触。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Han Yu (768–824),《送諸葛覺往隨州讀書》 (Sending Zhuge Jue Off to Suizhou for Book-Reading)
  Yè hóu jiā duō shū, chā jià sānwàn zhóu.
  Yīyī xuán yáqiān, xīn ruò shǒu wèi chù. [Pinyin]
  The Lord of Ye's house holds many books, countless scrolls on shelves;
  Each hung with ivory tags, pristine as untouched by hands.
(literary, metonymic) book collection
- 讀遍牙籤三萬軸，卻來小邑試牛刀。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  读遍牙签三万轴，却来小邑试牛刀。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Su Shi (1037–1101),《送歐陽主簿赴官韋城四首》（其一）
  Dú biàn yáqiān sānwàn zhóu, què lái xiǎo yì shì niúdāo. [Pinyin]
  Having read all thirty thousand volumes, now to this small town you will bring your seasoned skill.

Synonyms

(toothpick):

Dialectal synonyms of 牙籤 (“toothpick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙籤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牙籤兒, 牙籤子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牙籤
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	牙籤兒
	Xi'an	牙籤
	Xining	牙籤子
	Xuzhou	剔牙棒 humorous
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	牙籤子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	扭骨 dated
	Hong Kong	牙籤
	Taishan	牙籤, 牙針
Gan	Lichuan	牙剔, 牙籤
Hakka	Meixian	牙籤
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙刺仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	牙槧仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	牙槧仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙籤, 牙刺仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	牙籤仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牙籤
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙槧仔, 牙刺仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙刺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙刺仔, 牙籤
	Taoyuan (Nanshi, Pingzhen; Raoping)	牙刺仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	牙刺, 牙籤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙籤
Huizhou	Jixi	牙籤
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒戳, 齒黜
	Quanzhou	齒剔
	Zhangzhou	齒黜
	Zhao'an	牙籤
	Taipei	齒戳, 齒戳仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	齒戳
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	齒戳
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	齒戳
	Kaohsiung	齒戳
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	齒戳
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	齒戳
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	齒戳
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	齒戳, 牙籤
	Yilan	齒戳
	Yilan (Luodong)	齒戳
	Yilan (Toucheng)	齒戳
	Changhua (Lukang)	齒戳仔
	Taichung	齒戳仔
	Tainan	齒戳
	Tainan (Anping)	齒戳
	Hsinchu	齒戳仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	齒戳
	Kinmen	齒戳
	Penghu (Magong)	齒戳
	Penghu (Xiyu)	喙齒戳
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙齒攕
	Manila (Hokkien)	齒剔

(book collection): 藏書／藏书 (cángshū)

Derived terms