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牙子

yá zi

2-character word

What 牙子 means

1. serrated edge
2. oldmiddleman
3. broker

The characters in 牙子

• 牙yátooth; ivory
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words containing 牙子

• 房牙子fáng yá zireal estate agent (old)
• 马路牙子mǎ lù yá zicurb
• 皮牙子pí yá zi(dialect) onion (loanword from Uyghur "piyaz")

Sounds the same

Read yá zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伢子(dialect) child

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