蛻齒
Chinese
| exuviae of insects or reptiles | tooth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蛻齒) | 蛻 | 齒 | |
| simp. (蜕齿) | 蜕 | 齿 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thùi-khí
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thùi-khí
- Tâi-lô: thuì-khí
- Phofsit Daibuun: tuie'qie
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Verb
蛻齒
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, of a child) to grow permanent teeth to replace milk teeth
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 換牙 (“to grow permanent teeth to replace milk teeth”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 齔, 齠齒 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 換牙 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 替牙 |
| Taiwan | 換牙, 換牙齒 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 換牙 |
| Xi'an | 換牙 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 換牙齒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 換牙 |
| Taishan | 換牙 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 換牙齒, 換牙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 換牙齒 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 換牙齒 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 換牙 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 換牙齒 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 換牙齒 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 換牙 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 換牙齒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 換牙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 換齒, 蛻齒 |
| Quanzhou | 換齒, 蛻齒 | |
| Zhangzhou | 換奶齒, 換齒 | |
| Tainan | 換齒, 褪齒 | |
| Leizhou | 換齒 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 換牙齒 |
| Jinhua | 換牙齒 | |