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 (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
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nga² qiam¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâ-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: gâ-tshiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gachiafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: gêe-tshiam
  - 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)

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙籤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牙籤兒
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)	牙槧仔, 牙刺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牙槧仔, 牙刺仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牙刺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牙籤
Huizhou	Jixi	牙籤
Southern Min	Xiamen	齒戳, 齒黜
	Quanzhou	齒剔
	Zhangzhou	齒黜
	Taipei	齒戳, 齒戳仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	齒戳
	Kaohsiung	齒戳
	Yilan	齒戳
	Changhua (Lukang)	齒戳仔
	Taichung	齒戳仔
	Tainan	齒戳
	Hsinchu	齒戳仔
	Penghu (Magong)	齒戳
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙齒攕
	Manila (Hokkien)	齒剔

Derived terms