牙 yá

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. yá noun a middleman; a broker
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 5, p. 524; XHZD '牙' 3, p. 856)
5. yá verb to bite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '牙' v; Kroll 2015 '牙' 2, p. 524)
6. 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)
7. yá noun a sprout
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Variant writing (Kroll 2015 '牙' 6, p. 524)
8. yá noun ivory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 象牙 (Guoyu '牙' n 2)
9. yá noun serrated [banner]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 4, p. 524; Unihan '牙')

Contained in

• 牙桥(牙橋) dental bridge
• 犬牙 fangs; dog's teeth
• 上牙膛 palate (roof of the mouth)
• 牙齿矫正器(牙齒矯正器) orthodontic braces
• 牙子 serrated edge ; middleman; broker
• 牙盘(牙盤) (bicycle) crankset
• 铁齿铜牙(鐵齒銅牙) clever and eloquent speaker
• 磨牙 to grind one's teeth ; pointless arguing ; molar
• 牙医(牙醫) a dentist
• 西班牙文 Spanish (language)
• 咬牙 to clench the teeth; to grind the teeth; to gnaw
• 虫牙(蟲牙) caries; rotten tooth
• 牙慧 repetition; other person's opinion; hearsay; parroting
• 叉牙 branched unevenly ; without teeth
• 牙齿(牙齒) tooth
• 吽牙 sound of dogs fighting
• 牙白 ivory colored; very white
• 张牙舞爪(張牙舞爪) to bare fangs and brandish claws; to make threatening gestures
• 龅牙(齙牙) buck tooth; projecting tooth
• 牙周炎 periodontitis (gum disorder)
• 牙硝 niter; nitre; saltpeter; saltpetre
• 牙根 root of tooth
• 牙线(牙線) dental floss
• 咬定牙关(咬定牙關) to bite the teeth tightly; to grit one's teeth and bear the pain; to bite the bullet
• 犬牙差互 dog's fangs interlocking; criss-crossed
• 门牙(門牙) incisor
• 切牙 incisor tooth
• 牙侩(牙儈) broker
• 犬牙交错(犬牙交錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
• 巨牙鲨(巨牙鯊) megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)
• 伶牙俐齿(伶牙俐齒) clever and eloquent; fluent; having the gift of the gab
• 智牙 wisdom tooth
• 伯牙鼓琴 Boya plays the guqin
• 房牙子 real estate agent
• 无牙(無牙) toothless; (fig.) powerless; ineffectual; weak
• 象牙 ivory
• 房牙 real estate agent
• 矫形牙套(矯形牙套) orthodontic brace
• 拔牙 to extract a tooth
• 牙音 velar consonants of Middle Chinese
• 牙科 dentistry
• 咬牙切齿(咬牙切齒) gnashing one's teeth; displaying extreme anger
• 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping

Also contained in

象牙海岸 、 龙牙门 、 蓝牙 、 海牙 、 西班牙帝国 、 圣地牙哥 、 鲍叔牙 、 伯子牙

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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
• 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
• 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