牙
Meanings
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- 1.tooth
- 2.ivory
- 3.CL:颗[kē]
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Wiktionary
- 1.tooth (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 隻／只 m c; 棚 c)
- 2.ivory; tusk of elephant
- 3.screw thread
- 4.to bite
- 5.Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness.
- 6.broker
- 7.felloe; rim of a wheel
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Etymology
The pictogram of a pair of elephant tusks. According to Xu Shen, this pictogram was used to indicate human molars but not front teeth/incisors (齒). Norman and Mei (1976) propose that this was a substrate loan; cf. Proto-Vietic *ŋaː (“ivory”) (Vietnamese ngà), Proto-Tai *ŋaːᴬ (“tusk; ivory”) (Thai งา (ngaa)). Pulleyblank (1983) disagrees with their hypothesis and considers Old Chinese to be the donor of this Wanderwort instead. STEDT provisionally sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“tusk; tooth”), comparing it to Mizo ngho (“tusk; fang”), Manipuri ꯌꯥ (yā, “tooth”), Mru [script needed] (hngou, “tooth”), Pa'o Karen [script needed] (tə́ʔ ŋà, “tooth”). ; Hong Kong Cantonese neologism prefix
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我怕牙醫。
I'm scared of dentists.
我怕牙醫。
I'm afraid of dentists.
我的牙齦流血。
My gums are bleeding.
他武裝到牙齒。
He is armed to the teeth.
你刷过牙没有？
Did you brush your teeth?
你刷过牙没有？
Have you brushed your teeth?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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