牙子

牙子

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (牙子)		牙	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yázi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ zi²
• Wu (Wiktionary): nga tsr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yázi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ zi²
    • Yale: ngàh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nga tsr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋa̱²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

牙子

1. (archaic) middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator
2. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) tooth

Synonyms

• (middleman):

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Synonyms of 牙子

中人 (zhōngrén) 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China) 中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén) 九八人 (Min Nan, dated) 代理人 (dàilǐrén) 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan) 伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin) 掮客 (qiánkè)

牙人 (yárén) (archaic) 牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic) 牙子 (yázi) (archaic) 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic) 牽仔／牵仔 (Min Nan) 經紀／经纪 (jīngjì) 經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)

Dialectal synonyms of 牙齒 (“tooth”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		齒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牙齒
Mandarin	Beijing	牙
	Taiwan	牙
	Jinan	牙
	Xi'an	牙
	Wuhan	牙齒, 才調子
	Chengdu	牙齒
	Yangzhou	牙子
	Hefei	牙, 牙齒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牙
	Hong Kong	牙
	Taishan	牙
	Yangjiang	牙
Gan	Nanchang	牙齒
Hakka	Meixian	牙齒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牙齒
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	牙齒
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	牙齒
	Dongshi (Dabu)	牙齒
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	牙齒
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牙, 牙齒
Jin	Taiyuan	牙
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牙齒
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牙
Min Nan	Xiamen	喙齒, 齒
	Quanzhou	喙齒, 齒
	Zhangzhou	喙齒, 齒
	Taipei	喙齒, 齒
	Kaohsiung	喙齒, 齒
	Philippines (Manila)	喙齒
	Chaozhou	齒
Wu	Shanghai	牙子, 牙齒
	Suzhou	牙子
	Wenzhou	牙齒, 牙
Xiang	Changsha	牙齒
	Shuangfeng	牙齒