牙

yá · ya

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. tooth
  2. ivory
  3. CL:顆 / 颗 (kē)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)去(qù)看(kàn)牙(yá)医(yī),把(bǎ)牙(yá)拔(bá)掉(diào)。

You should go to the dentist and have that tooth pulled out.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)磕(kē)碎(suì)了(le)下(xià)巴(ba),掉(diào)了(le)几(jǐ)颗(kē)牙(yá)。

He got a broken jaw and lost some teeth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Stroke order & practice

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

Browse all wordsExplore words in context