牙 yá
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yá
noun
tooth; tusk
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '牙' n 1; Kroll 2015 '牙' 1, p. 524; Unihan '牙'; XHZD '牙' 1, p. 856) -
yá
noun
Kangxi radical 92
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '牙' n 5) -
yá
noun
tooth shaped object
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, the hook on a crossbow (Kroll 2015 '牙' 3, p. 524; XHZD '牙' 2, p. 856) -
yá
noun
a middleman; a broker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 5, p. 524; XHZD '牙' 3, p. 856) -
yá
verb
to bite
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '牙' v; Kroll 2015 '牙' 2, p. 524) -
yá
noun
commander's office; local government headquarters
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Early variant writing, as in 衙门 (Guoyu '牙' n 4; Kroll 2015 '牙' 4a, p. 524) -
yá
noun
a sprout
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Variant writing (Kroll 2015 '牙' 6, p. 524) -
yá
noun
ivory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 象牙 (Guoyu '牙' n 2) -
yá
noun
serrated [banner]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 4, p. 524; Unihan '牙')
Contained in
- 打牙祭 to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
- 刷牙 to brush one's teeth
- 以眼还眼,以牙还牙(以眼還眼,以牙還牙) an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; to use the enemy's methods against him
- 弹牙(彈牙) al dente
- 乳牙 deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth
- 板牙 incisor; molar; screw die; threading die
- 正牙带环(正牙帶環) orthodontic brace
- 房牙子 real estate agent
- 洗牙 scaling and polishing (dentistry)
- 牙车(牙車) jawbone
- 铁齿铜牙(鐵齒銅牙) clever and eloquent speaker
- 月牙 crescent moon
- 牙关(牙關) jaw; mandibular joint
- 牙简(牙簡) ivory tablet
- 牙慧 repetition; other person's opinion; hearsay; parroting
- 葡萄牙语(葡萄牙語) Portuguese (language)
- 上牙膛 palate (roof of the mouth)
- 牙帐(牙帳) tent of the commanding officer; tent capital of a nomadic people
- 张牙舞爪(張牙舞爪) to bare fangs and brandish claws; to make threatening gestures
- 牙线(牙線) dental floss
- 牙印 teeth marks (left on sth); bite marks
- 补牙(補牙) to fill a tooth (cavity); to have a tooth filled; a dental filling
- 牙周炎 periodontitis (gum disorder)
- 牙菌斑 dental bacterial plaque
- 牙板 clapper-board
- 满地找牙(滿地找牙) to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; to get beaten up badly
- 牙釉质(牙釉質) tooth enamel
- 恒牙(恆牙) permanent tooth; adult tooth
- 巨牙鲨(巨牙鯊) megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)
- 尾牙 a year-end dinner for employees
- 象牙塔 ivory tower
- 龇牙咧嘴(齜牙咧嘴) to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
- 犬牙差互 dog's fangs interlocking; criss-crossed
- 爪牙 claws and teeth ; henchman ; an attendant
- 葡萄牙人 Portuguese (person)
- 牙齿(牙齒) tooth
- 牙硝 niter; nitre; saltpeter; saltpetre
- 犬牙相临(犬牙相臨) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing sides interlocking
- 虫牙(蟲牙) caries; rotten tooth
- 西班牙文 Spanish (language)
- 牙郎 middleman; agent
- 挤牙膏(擠牙膏) to squeeze out toothpaste; to extract a confession under pressure
- 牙床 gum; ivory bedframe
- 牙缝儿(牙縫兒) gap between teeth
Also contained in
龙牙门 、 西班牙 、 蓝牙 、 象牙海岸 、 姜子牙 、 西班牙港 、 龙牙犀角
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三百二十九 列傳第二百十七 西域一 Volume 329 Biographies 217: Western Regions 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
- 卷一百十一 列傳第四十九: 古里甲石倫 內族:完顏訛可 撒合輦 強伸 烏林答胡土 內族:完顏思烈 紇石烈牙吾塔 Volume 111 Biographies 49: Gulijiashilun, Nei same clan: Wanyaneke, Sa Henian, Qiang Shen, Wulindahutu, same clan: Wanyansilie, Geshilieyawuta History of Jin 金史 — count: 25
- 卷一百十七 列傳第四: 別里古台 朮赤 禿剌 牙忽都 寬徹普化 帖木兒不花 Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua History of Yuan 元史 — count: 23
- 卷八 本紀第八: 世祖五 Volume 8 Annals 8: Shizu 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 22
- 卷二百一十七下 列傳第一百四十二下 回鶻下 Volume 217b Biographies 142b: Huihu 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
- 卷二十二 列傳第十六: 陸子隆 錢道戢 駱牙 Volume 22: Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 14
- 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
- 卷四十五 志第十五: 百官志一 Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 13
- 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 卷十四 本紀第十四: 世祖十一 Volume 14 Annals 14: Shizu 11 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13
Collocations
- 易牙 (易牙) 易牙入 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 46
- 叔牙 (叔牙) 問後於叔牙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 19
- 萌牙 (萌牙) 萌牙卵胎而不成者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 16
- 公子牙 (公子牙) 公子牙卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 13
- 知牙 (知牙) 次曰囊知牙斯 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 7
- 齿牙 (齒牙) 皮革齒牙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 东郭牙 (東郭牙) 臣不如東郭牙 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 6
- 牙曰 (牙曰) 鄉者牙曰慶父材 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
- 延牙 (延牙) 北面延牙 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十上 蘇竟楊厚列傳 Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou — count: 4
- 牙卒 (牙卒) 公子牙卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4