刷牙

Chinese

		brush; to swipe; to select	tooth; ivory
trad. (刷牙)		刷	牙
simp. #(刷牙)		刷	牙
anagram		牙刷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caat³ ngaa⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cat¹ nga³

• Jin (Wiktionary): suah^4-5 ia¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq ⁶nga

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuayá
    • Wade–Giles: shua¹-ya²
    • Yale: shwā-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaya
    • Palladius: шуая (šuaja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caat³ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: chaat ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cad³ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³ ŋaː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cat¹ nga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰat̚³³ ᵑɡa²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: suah^4-5 ia¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /suaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ia¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq ⁶nga
    • MiniDict: seh^入 nga^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq ³nga
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁴⁴  ŋa²³/

Verb

刷⫽牙 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to brush one's teeth; to clean one's teeth

   刷牙洗臉再睡。／刷牙洗脸再睡。  ―  Shuāyá xǐliǎn zài shuì.  ―  Brush your teeth and wash your face before going to sleep.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 刷牙 (“to brush one's teeth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刷牙
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	刷牙
	Taiwan	刷牙
	Singapore	刷牙
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	刷牙
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	刷牙
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	刷牙, 漱口
	Wuhan	刷牙齒, 洗口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	刷牙, 漱嘴
	Hefei	刷牙, 糙嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	刷牙
	Hong Kong	刷牙
	Taishan	刷牙
	Yangjiang	刷牙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	刷牙
Gan	Nanchang	刷牙, 漱口
Hakka	Meixian	刷牙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搓牙齒, 洗嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搓牙齒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洗牙齒, 洗嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搓牙齒, 鑪牙齒, 洗嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搓牙齒, 洗牙齒, 洗嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	洗牙
	Hong Kong	刷牙
Jin	Taiyuan	刷牙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洗牙, 洗牙齒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	洗牙
	Matsu	洗牙
Southern Min	Xiamen	洗喙
	Quanzhou	洗喙
	Zhangzhou	洗喙
	Taipei	洗喙
	Kaohsiung	洗喙
	Penang (Hokkien)	洗喙, 抿牙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抿喙齒, 洗喙, 洗喙齒
	Manila (Hokkien)	洗喙
	Medan (Hokkien)	洗牙
	Chaozhou	漱齒
	Shantou	漱齒
	Singapore (Teochew)	漱齒
Wu	Shanghai	刷牙齒, 汏牙齒
	Suzhou	刷牙子, 嘓嘴
	Wenzhou	刷牙
Xiang	Changsha	刷牙, 漱口
	Shuangfeng	刷牙齒