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龈

yín

Character Traditional 齦

What 龈 means

gums (of the teeth)

Example sentences

我的牙龈流血。

Wǒ de yáyín liúxuè.

My gums are bleeding.
你的牙龈流血吗？

Nǐ de yáyín liúxuè ma?

Do your gums bleed?
你可以检查我的牙龈吗？

Nǐ kěyǐ jiǎnchá wǒ de yáyín ma?

Can you have a look at my gums?

Words starting with 龈

Words containing 龈

Characters built on 艮

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

Characters that look like 龈

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

Sounds the same

Read yín, tone for tone, but written differently.

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