HSK 5 · Body

牙齿 yáchǐ “tooth” in Chinese

Traditional 牙齒

What 牙齿 means

  1. tooth
  2. teeth
  3. dental

Measure word 颗 kē · 一颗牙齿 yì kē yáchǐ

How to say 牙齿

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale牙yá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale齿chǐ3rd tone, dipping

牙齿 in a sentence

  1. 我在牙医那儿检查了牙齿。

    Wǒ zài yáyī nàr jiǎnchá le yáchǐ.

    I had my teeth checked at the dentist’s.

    Sentence #390840 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果你的牙齿疼，你就应该去看牙医。

    Rúguǒ nǐ de yáchǐ téng, nǐ jiù yīnggāi qù kàn yáyī.

    If your tooth hurts, you should see a dentist.

    Sentence #5822615 from Tatoeba

  3. 鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。

    Èyú yǒu jiānlì de yáchǐ.

    Crocodiles have sharp teeth.

    Sentence #7781739 from Tatoeba

How 牙齿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 牙 (yá) drawn as one shape
牙yátooth

牙 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from upper and lower teeth meeting: tooth.

The character 齿 (chǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
齿chǐtooth
  • 止stop · zhǐ
  • 人person · rén
  • 凵open box · kǎn

How to write 牙齿

牙 4 strokes · 齿 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

牙齿 (yáchǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 牙齿 (yáchǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 牙齿

Words with 牙

牙yá · tooth刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth牙刷yáshuā · toothbrush牙膏yágāo · toothpaste

More words: People, Body & Health

消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)心脏xīnzàng · heart胸xiōng · chest血xuè · blood痒yǎng · to itch腰yāo · waist晕yūn · dizzy着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold

FAQs

牙齿 (yáchǐ) means “tooth” or “teeth”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yáchǐ: yá with a 2nd tone, then chǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 牙齿 is written 牙齒. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 颗 (kē). For example, one tooth is 一颗牙齿 (yì kē yáchǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yachi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 牙齿 from the suggestions. Typing yachi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
牙齿 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.