牙 | 741B10 51.00 | 部居 | 畫數 4 | ㄧㄚˊ [ya2] . | ||||||||
N | (1) A tooth: 牙齒 [ya2]-(')[chi3]↓; 奶牙 milk tooth; 大牙,板牙,槽牙 molar; 門牙 incisor; 鑲牙 have tooth filled; 蛀牙,爛牙 decayed tooth; 暴牙 projecting tooth; 缺牙 missing tooth; 恨的牙癢癢 gnash one's teeth with hatred; 咬牙切齒 ditto; 張牙舞爪 let out the fangs and claws; 伶牙利齒 sharp-ton-gued; 牙白口清 pronounce words very distinctly. (2) Ivory: 象牙 ditto; 牙章 ivory seal; 牙 ivory chopsticks; 牙籌 ivory chips for gambling; 牙牌 ivory mahjong set. (3) A broker: 牙行,牙子,牙婆 [ya2hang2], [ya2zi0], [ya2po2]↓; 牙儈,牙人 [ya2kuai4], [ya2ren2]↓. | |||||||||||
Adj | (Sl.) smart: 這孩子真牙 this child is very smart. | |||||||||||
Words | 1.牙幫兒(子) [ya2bang1er0] [ya2bang1zi0], n., (satir.) a smart aleck; a too calculating fellow. 2.牙磣 [ya2chen0], phr., (food) gritty, grates the teeth; (words) offensive to good taste; (sound) grating (to the ear). 3.牙城 [ya2cheng2], n., formerly, commander's headquarters or fort. 4.牙籤 [ya2qian1], n., (1) ivory pin on de luxe book cover; (2) ([ya2qia1er0]) a toothpick. 5.牙床 [ya2chuang2], n., (1) ([ya2zi0]) jawbone; (2) (phonetics) alveolus, -lar; (3) ivory-inlaid bed. 6.牙蟲 [ya2chong2], n., “tooth-worm”, formerly, believed to be the cause of tooth decay. 7.牙齒 [ya2](')[chi3], n., tooth. 8.牙粉 [ya2fen3], n., tooth powder. 9.牙縫兒 [ya2feng4er0], n., crevice between teeth. 10.牙風 [ya2feng1], n., tooth decay; toothache. 11.牙疳 [ya2gan1], n., pyorrhea, alveolus. 12.牙膏 [ya2gao1], n., tooth paste. 13.牙關 [ya2guan1], n., maxillary joint. 14.牙行 [ya2hang2], n., a broker house, house of commission agents. 15.牙花子 [ya2hao1zi0], n., (coll.) dirt accumulated on teeth. 16.牙慧 [ya2hui4], n., trite expression: 拾人牙慧 (contempt.) words (pickings) copied from another source. 17.牙將 [ya2jiang4], n., formerly, a loose term denoting an officer subordinate to general, an aidede1camp. 18.牙祭 [ya2ji4], n., usu. in 打牙祭 have a great “feed,” a special dinner (esp. for shop employees on first and fifteenth of month). 19.牙質 [ya2zhi1], n., dentine. 20.牙科 [ya2ke1], n., dentistry; 牙科醫生 dentist. 21.牙儈 [ya2kuai4], n., a broker. 22.牙郎 [ya2lang2], n., ditto. 23.牙門 [ya2men2], n., (1) (AC) yamen, magistrate's or other officials’ office (now currently wr. 衙門), orig. wr. 牙門 from following usage; (2) general’s camp where the general's flag stood. 24.牙牌 [ya2pai2], n., ivory blocks used in mahjong; any ivory chips. 25.牙婆 [ya2po2], n., procuress; woman trading in girls as slaves, concubines, etc. 26.牙人 [ya2ren2], n., a broker, middleman. 27.牙色 [ya2se4], n., ivory color. 28.牙刷(子) [ya2shua1] ([zi0]), n., tooth-brush. 29.牙疼咒(兒) [ya2teng2zhou4] ([er0]), n., (coll.) a worthless oath, swearing only a toothache as punishment. 30.牙磁 [ya2ci2], n., tooth enamel. 31.牙痛 [ya2tong4], n., toothache. 32.牙子 [ya2zi0], n., (1) a broker; (2) an expert (on curios, etc.); (3) inlaid part of furniture. 33.牙牙 [ya2ya2], n., inarticulate sound of infant. 34.牙醫 [ya2yi1], n., a dentist. 35.牙印子 [ya2yin4zi0], n., tooth mark. |