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齿

chǐ

HSK 5 Character Traditional 齒

What 齿 means

1. bound formtooth
2. bound formto regard as worthy of mention

Example sentences

• 她口齿伶俐。
  Tā kǒuchǐ línglì.
  She has a fluent tongue.
• 汤姆露齿而笑。
  Tāngmǔ lùchǐ'érxiào.
  Tom is grinning.
• 他武装到牙齿。
  He is armed to the teeth.
• 乌龟没有牙齿。
  Turtles don't have teeth.
• 牙齿卡了点东西。
  You've got something in your teeth.
• 鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。
  èyú yǒu jiānlì de yáchǐ.
  Crocodiles have sharp teeth.

Words starting with 齿

• 齿轮chǐ lún(machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel)
• 齿冠chǐ guāncrown of a tooth
• 齿冷chǐ lěngto sneer
• 齿及chǐ jíto mention; referring to
• 齿孔chǐ kǒngperforations (on a postage stamp)
• 齿更chǐ gēngdental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
• 齿根chǐ gēnroot of a tooth
• 齿条chǐ tiáorack (and pinion)
• 齿音chǐ yīndental consonant
• 齿轮箱chǐ lún xiānggearbox
• 齿轮传动chǐ lún chuán dònggear drive
• 齿轮齿条chǐ lún chǐ tiáo(mechanical engineering) rack and pinion
• 齿鲸chǐ jīngtoothed whales; Odontoceti
• 齿列矫正chǐ liè jiǎo zhèngorthodontic treatment; orthodontics
• 齿颊生香chǐ jiá shēng xiānglit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom); fig. to water at the mouth…
• 齿颚矫正学chǐ è jiǎo zhèng xué(Taiwan) orthodontics
• 齿龈chǐ yíngum; gingiva
• 齿龈炎chǐ yín yángingivitis
• 齿龈音chǐ yín yīnalveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)
• 齿龋chǐ qǔtooth decay; caries
• 齿蠹chǐ dù(archaic) tooth decay
• 齿条千斤顶chǐ tiáo qiān jīn dǐngrack and pinion jack
• 齿唇音chǐ chún yīnsee 唇齿音
• 齿列矫正器chǐ liè jiǎo zhèng qìsee 牙齿矫正器

Words containing 齿

• 咬牙切齿yǎo yá qiè chǐ(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
• 牙齿yá chǐtooth; dental
• 口齿kǒu chǐmouth and teeth; enunciation; to articulate
• 不齿bù chǐto despise; to hold in contempt
• 锯齿jù chǐsawtooth
• 难以启齿nán yǐ qǐ chǐto be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
• 上齿shàng chǐupper teeth
• 下齿xià chǐbottom teeth
• 乳齿rǔ chǐdeciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth
• 切齿qiè chǐto gnash one's teeth (in anger)
• 启齿qǐ chǐto open one's mouth; to start talking
• 幼齿yòu chǐ(Taiwan) naive and innocent (girl or boy); underage prostitute…
• 挂齿guà chǐto mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
• 智齿zhì chǐwisdom tooth
• 滚齿gǔn chǐ(engineering) hobbing (process used in manufacturing gears)
• 义齿yì chǐartificial tooth
• 贝齿bèi chǐpearly white teeth; cowry
• 轮齿lún chǐtooth of cog wheel; gear tooth
• 铁齿tiě chǐ(Taiwan) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions…
• 门齿mén chǐincisor
• 露齿lù chǐto grin; also pr. lòu chǐ
• 智慧齿zhì huì chǐwisdom tooth
• 破壳齿pò ké chǐegg tooth
• 斗口齿dòu kǒu chǐto quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee

Characters built on 止

These share the phonetic component 止 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 此cǐthis; these
• 企qǐ(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to…
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 耻chǐ(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 趾zhǐtoe
• 芷zhǐangelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM

Characters that look like 齿

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 尚shàngstill; yet; to value
• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)

Sounds the same

Read chǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尺a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 耻(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 侈extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
• 豉salted fermented beans
• 呎foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺
• 褫to strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 扡drag along
• 欼drink
• 誃to separate
• 奓old variant of 侈