尾牙

尾牙

Chinese

		tail	tooth; ivory
trad. (尾牙)		尾	牙
simp. #(尾牙)		尾	牙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ ngaa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-ngà
• Min Nan (POJ): bé-gê / bér-gê / bóe-gêe / bóe-gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyá
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-ya²
    • Yale: wěi-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiya
    • Palladius: вэйя (vɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: méih ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ ŋaː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-ngà
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ ngaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ nga²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ŋa¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bé-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befgee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bér-gê
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: bué-gêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gê
    • Tâi-lô: bué-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boefgee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³/

Noun

尾牙

1. weiya, a dinner party hosted by one's employer just prior to Chinese New Year

See also

• 元宵 (yuánxiāo)
• 春節／春节 (chūnjié)

References

• 作牙與尾牙 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh