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爪牙

爪牙

Chinese

		claw	tooth; ivory
simp. and trad. (爪牙)		爪	牙

Noun

爪牙

lackeys; underlings

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhǎoyá

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² ngaa⁴
Min Nan (POJ): jiáu-gê / liáu-gâ / niáu-gê / niáu-gâ / jiáu-gêe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǎoyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoya
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau² ngaa⁴
  - Yale: jáau ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² ngaa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːu̯³⁵ ŋɑː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu-gê
  - Tâi-lô: jiáu-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiaw'gee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ge²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-gâ
  - Tâi-lô: liáu-gâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'gaa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ga²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-gê
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaw'gee
  - IPA (Taipei): /niaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ge²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-gâ
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-gâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaw'gaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ga²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: jiáu-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gɛ¹³/