牙石

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (牙石)		牙	石
simp. ^#(牙石)		牙	石

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáshí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ sek⁶
Hakka
(Meixian, Guangdong): nga² sag⁶

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): nga² sha⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáshíh
  - Wade–Giles: ya²-shih²
  - Yale: yá-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yashyr
  - Palladius: яши (jaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁴ sek⁶
  - Yale: ngàh sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ sɛːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nga² sag⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹ sak̚⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: nga² sha⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa²⁴ ʃa²¹/

Noun

牙石

(dentistry) calculus; tartar

Synonyms

牙結石 / 牙结石 (yájiéshí)
齒垢 / 齿垢 (chǐgòu)
齒石 / 齿石 (chǐshí)

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “牙石”, 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.