牙 (yá) means Tooth (ivory). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
吃完饭要刷 牙 。
Chī wán fàn yào shuāyá.
You should brush your teeth after eating.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刷牙
睡前要刷 牙 齿。
Shuì qián yào shuā yáchǐ.
You should brush your teeth before bed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 牙齿
家里的 牙 膏用完了。
Jiā lǐ de yágāo yòng wán le.
We have run out of toothpaste at home.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 牙膏
我买了一支新 牙 膏。
Wǒ mǎi le yì zhī xīn yágāo.
I bought a new tube of toothpaste.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 牙膏
我每天早上刷 牙 洗脸。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎoshang shuāyá xǐ liǎn.
Every morning I brush my teeth and wash my face.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刷牙
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Words that contain 牙
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Questions about 牙
How is 牙 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 牙 (yá, "Tooth (ivory)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 牙 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 牙 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 牙?
The dictionary page for 牙 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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