HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

牙刷 yáshuā “toothbrush” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 牙刷 means

  1. toothbrush

Measure word 把 bǎ · 一把牙刷 yì bǎ yáshuā

How to say 牙刷

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale刷shuā1st tone, high and level

牙刷 in a sentence

  1. 这把牙刷是我的。

    Zhè bǎ yáshuā shì wǒ de.

    This toothbrush is mine.

    Sentence #12905814 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我需要一把新的牙刷。

    Wǒ xūyào yì bǎ xīn de yáshuā.

    I need a new toothbrush.

    Sentence #9049745 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们有多余的牙刷。

    Wǒmen yǒu duōyú de yáshuā.

    We have spare toothbrushes.

    Sentence #10368438 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 牙刷 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 刷 (shuā) with each of its parts in a different colour
刷shuāa brush
  • 尸corpse · shī
  • 巾napkin · jīn
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidPicture a cloth 巾 and a blade 刂 used to scrape and scrub something clean: to brush.

How to write 牙刷

牙 4 strokes · 刷 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 牙刷

Words with 牙

牙yá · tooth刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth牙膏yágāo · toothpaste牙齿yáchǐ · tooth

Words with 刷

刷shuā · to brush刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth印刷yìnshuā · to print

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FAQs

牙刷 (yáshuā) means “toothbrush”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yáshuā: yá with a 2nd tone, then shuā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 牙刷 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 把 (bǎ). For example, one toothbrush is 一把牙刷 (yì bǎ yáshuā).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yashua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 牙刷 from the suggestions. Typing yashua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
牙刷 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.