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
- 门牙(門牙) incisor
- 长牙(長牙) to grow teeth; to teethe ; a tusk
- 牙白 ivory colored; very white
- 智牙 wisdom tooth
- 狗嘴里吐不出象牙(狗嘴裏吐不出象牙) no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog; no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
- 牙商 business agent / sales agent
- 牙套 an orthodontic brace
- 佛牙 a Buddha tooth relic
- 牙硝 niter; nitre; saltpeter; saltpetre
- 洗牙 scaling and polishing (dentistry)
- 牙龈(牙齦) gums; gingiva
- 蛀牙 tooth decay; dental cavities
- 咬牙切齿(咬牙切齒) gnashing one's teeth; displaying extreme anger
- 牙缝儿(牙縫兒) gap between teeth
- 切牙 incisor tooth
- 牙本质(牙本質) dentin; dentine
- 假牙 false teeth; dentures
- 牙郎 middleman; agent
- 打牙祭 to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
- 牙刷 toothbrush
- 牙周炎 periodontitis (gum disorder)
- 牙婆 intermediary
- 牙子 serrated edge ; middleman; broker
- 基牙 abutment tooth (dentistry)
- 马路牙子(馬路牙子) curb
- 咬牙 to clench the teeth; to grind the teeth; to gnaw
- 牙侩(牙儈) broker
- 月牙 crescent moon
- 房牙 real estate agent
- 牙周病 periodontitis (gum disorder)
- 牙箍 orthodontic braces
- 葡萄牙语(葡萄牙語) Portuguese (language)
- 牙印 teeth marks (left on sth); bite marks
- 洁牙(潔牙) scaling and polishing (dentistry)
- 犬牙交错(犬牙交錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
- 犬牙差互 dog's fangs interlocking; criss-crossed
- 牙线(牙線) dental floss
- 牙垢 dental plaque; tartar
- 矫形牙套(矯形牙套) orthodontic brace
- 牙病 odontopathy; dental disease
- 暂牙(暫牙) deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth
- 呲牙咧嘴 to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
- 牙车(牙車) jawbone
Also contained in
西班牙帝国 、 伯牙 、 蓝牙 、 伯子牙 、 葡萄牙 、 吕牙 、 圣地牙哥 、 龙牙菩提
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
- 卷十四 本紀第十四: 世祖十一 Volume 14 Annals 14: Shizu 11 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
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: 45
- 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: 16
- 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: 15
- 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: 12
- 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
- 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
- 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: 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: 4
- 牙围 (牙圍) 以其一為之牙圍 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 4