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牙

yá

HSK 3 Character Measure word 颗

What 牙 means

1. tooth
2. ivory

Example sentences

• 我牙疼。
  I've got a toothache.
• 咬紧牙关。
  Bite the bullet.
• 快去刷牙。
  Brush your teeth.
• 哪颗牙痛？
  Which tooth hurts?
• 我怕牙医。
  I am afraid of dentists.
• 我门牙突出。
  Wǒ ményá tūchū.
  My front teeth stick out.

Words starting with 牙

• 牙膏yá gāotoothpaste
• 牙齿yá chǐtooth; dental
• 牙刷yá shuātoothbrush
• 牙医yá yīdentist
• 牙科yá kēdentistry
• 牙缝yá fènggap between teeth
• 牙签yá qiāntoothpick
• 牙龈yá yíngums; gingiva
• 牙根yá gēnroot of tooth
• 牙买加Yá mǎi jiāJamaica
• 牙关yá guānjaw; mandibular joint
• 牙人yá rén(old) middleman; broker
• 牙印yá yìnteeth marks (left on sth); bite marks
• 牙口yá koucondition of one's teeth; ability to chew
• 牙城yá chéngcitadel; military headquarters
• 牙子yá ziserrated edge; (old) middleman; broker
• 牙巴yá ba(dialect) tooth
• 牙病yá bìngodontopathy; dental disease
• 牙白yá báicreamy white; ivory color
• 牙线yá xiàndental floss
• 牙行yá hángmiddleman (in former times); broker
• 牙音yá yīnvelar consonants of Middle Chinese
• 牙周病yá zhōu bìngperiodontitis (gum disorder)
• 牙本质yá běn zhìdentin; dentine

Words containing 牙

• 咬牙切齿yǎo yá qiè chǐ(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
• 西班牙Xī bān yáSpain
• 西班牙语Xī bān yá yǔSpanish language
• 匈牙利Xiōng yá lìHungary
• 葡萄牙Pú táo yáPortugal
• 刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
• 咬牙yǎo yáto clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw
• 西班牙文Xī bān yá wénSpanish (language)
• 象牙xiàng yáivory; elephant tusk
• 门牙mén yáfront tooth; incisor
• 张牙舞爪zhāng yá wǔ zhǎoto bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
• 象牙塔xiàng yá tǎivory tower
• 磨牙mó yáto grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (colloquial) molar
• 咬紧牙关yǎo jǐn yá guān(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering…
• 月牙yuè yácrescent moon
• 假牙jiǎ yáfalse teeth; dentures
• 拔牙bá yáto extract a tooth
• 老掉牙lǎo diào yávery old; obsolete; out of date
• 葡萄牙语Pú táo yá yǔPortuguese (language)
• 海牙Hǎi yáThe Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
• 龇牙咧嘴zī yá liě zuǐto grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
• 狼牙山Láng yá ShānMount Langya in Hebei
• 姜子牙Jiāng Zǐ yáJiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor…
• 虎牙hǔ yá(colloquial) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)

Characters that look like 牙

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 矛máospear; lance; pike

Sounds the same

Read yá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 崖precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 芽bud; sprout
• 涯border; horizon; shore
• 伢(dialect) child
• 衙office; yamen 衙门
• 睚(literary) corner of the eye; canthus
• 蚜aphis
• 枒the coconut tree; rim
• 厓old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
• 堐(used in place names); Taiwan pr. ái
• 琊used in place names, notably 琅琊山; Taiwan pr. yé
• 玡variant of 琊