齒屎

Chinese

tooth stool; faeces
trad. (齒屎)
simp. (齿屎) 齿

Pronunciation


  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki3 sai3 [Phonetic: ki5 lai3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-sâi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (ɬ-)lai⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki3 sai3 [Phonetic: ki5 lai3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi³³²⁻²¹ (ɬ-)lai³³²/
  • Southern Min
    • (Teochew)
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: ki2 sai2
      • Sinological IPA: /kʰi³¹⁻⁵⁵ sai³¹/

Noun

齒屎

  1. (Fuqing Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Zhangping Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) dental plaque
  2. (Leizhou Min) food residue left on or between the teeth

Synonyms

  • (dental plaque):

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “齿屎”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 319.