牙人
Chinese
| tooth; ivory | man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (牙人) | 牙 | 人 | |
| simp. #(牙人) | 牙 | 人 | |
| alternative forms | 牙儂／牙侬 Min | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa4 jan4
- Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): nga2 neng2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor2 nang2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gê-lâng / gêe-lâng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yárén
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yárén
- Wade–Giles: ya2-jên2
- Yale: yá-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaren
- Palladius: яжэнь (jažɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaa4 jan4
- Yale: ngàh yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa4 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: nga4 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaː²¹ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: nga2 neng2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋa²⁴ neŋ²⁴/
- (Changting)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor2 nang2 [Phonetic: gor5 nang2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gó̤-náng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ¹³⁻¹¹ naŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor2 nang2 [Phonetic: gor5 nang2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ²⁴⁻²¹ naŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê-lâng
- Tâi-lô: gê-lâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: gelaang
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêe-lâng
- Tâi-lô: gêe-lâng
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
牙人
- (archaic or dialectal) middleman; go-between; intermediary; mediator
Synonyms
- 中人 (zhōngrén)
- 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
- 中間人 / 中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
- 九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
- 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
- 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
- 伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
- 市儈 / 市侩 (shìkuài) (archaic)
- 拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 掮客 (qiánkè)
- 牙儈 / 牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
- 牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
- 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
- 牽仔 / 牵仔 (Hokkien)
- 當中人 / 当中人 (5taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
- 經紀 / 经纪 (jīngjì)
- 經紀人 / 经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
- 說合人 / 说合人 (sueh4-3 hah5 reng1) (Jin)
See also
- 牙錢／牙钱
- 牙行 (yáháng)
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “牙人”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 458.