Brush teeth in Chinese (Mandarin): 刷牙 (shuāyá)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 刷牙

• 刷

  To brush. 刂 (knife) is on the right.

  8 strokes

• 牙

  Tooth.

  4 strokes

刷牙 is "brush teeth". Swap the characters and you get 牙刷 (yáshuā), a toothbrush.

More examples with 刷牙

• 睡觉前要刷牙。

  睡覺前要刷牙。

  Shuìjiào qián yào shuāyá.

  Brush your teeth before bed.

• 我每天刷两次牙。

  我每天刷兩次牙。

  Wǒ měi tiān shuā liǎng cì yá.

  I brush my teeth twice a day.

How to write 刷牙 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.