齒齦

See also: 齿龈

Chinese

		tooth	gums; gnaw; bite
trad. (齒齦)		齒	齦
simp. (齿龈)		齿	龈

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chǐyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄧㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci³ yin²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² ngan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-gûn / khí-gîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² ngeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhyín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-yin²
    • Yale: chř-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyyn
    • Palladius: чиинь (čiinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ in³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ci³ yin²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c in
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³ in²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² ngan⁴
    • Yale: chí ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ ŋɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-gûn
    • Tâi-lô: khí-gûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'guun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: khí-gîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'giin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡin¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² ngeng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí ngṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

齒齦

1. gum (flesh around teeth)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牙齦 (“gum; gingiva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙齦, 齒齦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牙床兒, 牙床子
	Taiwan	牙床, 牙齦
	Harbin	牙花子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	牙花子, 牙床子
	Jinan	牙花子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	牙花子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	牙床, 牙圪陵兒
	Wanrong	牙山
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	牙花子
	Xi'an	牙床子
	Xining	牙花子, 牙關子
	Xuzhou	牙根子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	牙床子
	Lanzhou	牙花子
	Ürümqi	牙床子, 牙花子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牙床
	Wuhan	牙包
	Guiyang	牙根
	Guilin	牙根
	Liuzhou	牙肉, 牙床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	牙花
	Yangzhou	牙花子, 牙板子
	Nantong	牙齦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙肉
	Hong Kong	牙肉, 牙床
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牙肉
	Taishan	牙肉
	Dongguan	牙床, 牙齦
	Nanning	牙肉
	Wuzhou	牙肉
	Yulin	牙肉, 牙根
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	牙肉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牙肉
Gan	Nanchang	牙疆
	Lichuan	牙腮肉, 牙腮, 牙床肉, 牙床, 牙較
	Pingxiang	牙筋肉, 牙腮肉
Hakka	Meixian	牙床肉
	Xingning	牙床肉
	Huidong (Daling)	牙床肉
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	牙脣肉
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	牙藤
	Changting	牙舷肉
	Wuping	牙騎肉
	Wuping (Pingyu)	牙琴肉
	Ninghua	牙門肉, 牙齦肉
	Yudu	牙查肉, 牙床肉
	Ruijin	牙齒肉
	Shicheng	牙㿸肉, 牙䫧
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牙撬肉, 牙䫧
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙倉肉, 牙床肉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牙倉肉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙倉肉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙齦肉, 牙槽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙倉肉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牙槽肉, 牙槽
	Hong Kong	牙倉肉
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	牙根, 牙肉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	牙框肉
	Senai (Huiyang)	牙倉肉
	Singkawang	牙倉肉
Huizhou	Jixi	牙叉肉
Jin	Taiyuan	牙床子
	Xinzhou	牙花子, 牙床
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牙槽, 牙齦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	齒座, 牙座, 牙齦
	Fuzhou (Changle)	牙齦
	Fuqing	齒座
	Yongtai	牙齦
	Gutian	喙齒齦
	Fu'an	齒座
	Ningde	喙齒齦
	Shouning	喙齒齦
	Zhouning	喙齒齦
	Fuding	牙齒齦
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒仁, 齒岸
	Zhangzhou	齒仁, 齒岸
	Taipei	齒岸
	Kaohsiung	牙槽
	Yilan	牙槽, 齒岸
	Changhua (Lukang)	齒岸
	Taichung	齒岸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	齒岸
	Tainan	齒岸
	Taitung	齒岸
	Hsinchu	齒岸
	Penghu (Magong)	齒岸
	Shantou	齒齦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	齒齦
	Haikou	齒牙齦
Puxian Min	Putian	齒囤
	Xianyou	齒囤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牙床, 牙肉
Wu	Shanghai	牙床, 牙床骨, 牙肉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牙齦
	Suzhou	牙肉
	Danyang	牙連肉
	Hangzhou	牙床肉兒
	Ningbo	牙肉
	Wenzhou	牙床肉
	Jinhua	牙床肉
Xiang	Changsha	牙齦子
	Loudi	牙群肉
	Quanzhou	牙床

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (齒齦):

• → Japanese: 歯齦(しぎん) (shigin)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 齒齦 – see 齒仁 (“gum”). (This term is a variant form of 齒仁).