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Tooth in Chinese (Mandarin): 牙 (yá)

tooth

牙

yá

tooth

Simplified
牙
Traditional
牙
Pinyin
yá
Typed as
ya

Use it in a sentence

我每天刷牙。

I brush my teeth every day.

The characters in 牙

Second tone, rising. Brushing your teeth is 刷牙 (shuā yá), and a toothbrush is 牙刷 (yáshuā).

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How to write 牙 in Chinese

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

牙 4 strokes

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