爪牙

Chinese

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

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)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǎoyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoya
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau² ngaa⁴
  - Yale: jáau ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² ngaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao² nga⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡säːu̯³⁵ ŋäː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu-gê
  - Tâi-lô: jiáu-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiaw'gee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ 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): /niãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ge²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-gâ
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-gâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaw'gaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ga²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: jiáu-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gɛ¹³/

Noun

爪牙

(literally) claws and fangs of animals
(figuratively, derogatory) lackey; underling; henchman
(figuratively, literary) warrior

Synonyms

(lackey):

Synonyms of 爪牙

共犯 (gòngfàn)
共謀／共谋 (gòngmóu)
同夥／同伙 (tónghuǒ)
同案犯 (tóng'ànfàn)
同犯 (tóngfàn)
同謀／同谋 (tóngmóu)
同謀犯／同谋犯 (tóngmóufàn)

同黨／同党 (tóngdǎng)
幫兇／帮凶 (bāngxiōng)
狗腿 (gǒutuǐ) (figurative, derogatory)
狗腿子 (gǒutuǐzi) (figurative, derogatory)
走卒 (zǒuzú)
走狗 (zǒugǒu) (figurative, derogatory)
鷹犬／鹰犬 (yīngquǎn) (figurative)

Derived terms

心膂爪牙
爪牙之士
爪牙之將／爪牙之将

爪牙吏
爪牙官

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