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牙
yá
1. tooth
2. ivory
3. CL:[[顆|颗<kē>]]
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

牙
yá
tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
HSK 3 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

乳牙
rǔyá
deciduous tooth
佛牙
Fóyá
Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
假牙
jiǎyá
false teeth
切牙
qiēyá
incisor tooth
刷牙
shuāyá
to brush one's teeth
HSK 3
剔牙
tīyá
to pick one's teeth
吽牙
ōuyá
sound of dogs fighting, also written [[吽呀<ōuyá>]]
咬牙
yǎoyá
to clench one's teeth
基牙
jīyá
abutment tooth (dentistry)
塞牙
sāiyá
to get food stuck between one's teeth
尖牙
jiānyá
canine tooth
尾牙
wěiyá
a year-end dinner for employees
弹牙
tányá
al dente
恒牙
héngyá
permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth [[乳牙]])
房牙
fángyá
real estate agent (old)
拔牙
báyá
to extract a tooth
换牙
huànyá
to grow replacement teeth (zoology)
智牙
zhìyá
wisdom tooth
暂牙
zànyá
deciduous tooth
月牙
yuèyá
crescent moon

Example Sentences (1)

我的牙还是这么疼。
Wǒ de yá hái shì zhème téng.
My tooth still hurts so much.
Text 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
996
Word Frequency Rank
1,306 of 84,292
Radical Number
92

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