月明牙

Chinese

moonlight; moon tooth; ivory
trad. (月明牙) 月明 牙
simp. #(月明牙) 月明 牙

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): yeh4-5 mi1 nia1
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: yeh4-5 mi1 nia1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /yəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ mi¹¹ nia¹¹/

Noun

月明牙

  1. (Jin) crescent moon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月牙 (“crescent moon”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 月牙
Northeastern Mandarin Harbin 月牙兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 月牙兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 月牙兒
Xuzhou 月牙牙, 月牙兒牙兒
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 月牙子
Jin Taiyuan 月明牙
Xinzhou 月牙牙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 眉毛月
Southern Min Xiamen 月眉仔, 月痕仔
Quanzhou 月眉仔, 月痕仔
Jinjiang 月眉
Zhangzhou 月眉仔, 月痕仔, 月眉意
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 月眉
Tainan 月眉, 月痕仔 GT, 月眉意 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 月眉仔, 月痕仔
Jieyang 月痕
Wu Shanghai 月牙牙
Hangzhou 月牙頭
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