Tooth in Chinese (Mandarin): 牙 (yá)

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
牙
Tooth.
4 strokes
Second tone, rising. Brushing your teeth is 刷牙 (shuā yá), and a toothbrush is 牙刷 (yáshuā).
More examples with 牙
宝宝长牙了。
寶寶長牙了。
Bǎobao zhǎng yá le.
The baby has a new tooth.
我的牙很白。
Wǒ de yá hěn bái.
My teeth are very white.
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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