尾牙

Chinese

		tail	tooth; ivory
trad. (尾牙)		尾	牙
simp. ^#(尾牙)		尾	牙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiyá

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ ngaa⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-ngà
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-gê / bér-gê / bóe-gêe / bóe-gê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyá
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-ya²
  - Yale: wěi-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiya
  - Palladius: вэйя (vɛjja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: méih ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ nga⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ ŋaː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ ngaˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ nga²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ŋa¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-gê
  - Tâi-lô: bé-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befgee
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér-gê
  - Tâi-lô: bér-gê
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: bué-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-gê
  - Tâi-lô: bué-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boefgee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³/

Noun

尾牙

weiya, the worship of the Lord of the Land and the subsequent dinner party hosted by one's employer just prior to Chinese New Year, usually on the 16^th day of the 12^th month in the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

尾禡／尾祃

Derived terms

食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚／食尾牙面忧忧，食头牙撚喙须

See also

元宵 (yuánxiāo)
春節／春节 (chūnjié)
無情雞／无情鸡 (mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹)

References

作牙與尾牙／作牙与尾牙 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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