老虎牙

Chinese

		tiger; tractor	tooth; ivory
trad. (老虎牙)		老虎	牙
simp. #(老虎牙)		老虎	牙

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): lǎu-kǔ-ngâ

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lǎu-kǔ-ngâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹ kʰu²¹ ŋa³³/

Noun

老虎牙

1. (Northern Min) canine tooth; cuspid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犬齒 (“canine tooth; cuspid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		犬齒, 犬牙, 尖牙
Mandarin	Harbin	虎牙 protruding
	Yantai (Muping)	錐兒牙
	Luoyang	犬牙
	Yinchuan	犬牙
	Singapore	犬牙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犬齒, 狗牙
	Hong Kong	犬齒
	Taishan	尖牙
Hakka	Meixian	犬齒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老虎牙, 狗牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	角齒
	Quanzhou	角齒
	Zhangzhou	角齒
	Tainan	角齒 GT, 狗牙 GT
	Shantou	狗齒
	Haikou	狗牙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	犬牙
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	犬牙
	Hangzhou	犬齒, 犬牙, 老虎牙齒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)