磨牙

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	tooth; ivory
simp. and trad. (磨牙)		磨	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móyá

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ ngaa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: móyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moya
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ i̯ä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo⁴ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: mòh ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ nga⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ ŋäː²¹/

Verb

磨牙

(dentistry) to grind one's teeth during sleep
(dialectal) to argue pointlessly; to indulge in idle talk

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 哺齒／哺齿, 齩喙齒／𫜪喙齿

Derived terms

磨牙症

Noun

磨牙

molar

Synonyms

臼齒／臼齿 (jiùchǐ)
槽牙 (cáoyá)
大牙 (dàyá)
(Min Nan) 大層齒／大层齿, 大層／大层, 牙槽齒／牙槽齿, 後層齒／后层齿, 後層／后层

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