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

• 智牙 wisdom tooth
• 弹牙(彈牙) al dente
• 牙龈炎(牙齦炎) gingivitis
• 矫形牙套(矯形牙套) orthodontic brace
• 满地找牙(滿地找牙) to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; to get beaten up badly
• 犬牙交错(犬牙交錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
• 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
• 马路牙子(馬路牙子) curb
• 假牙 false teeth; dentures
• 恒牙(恆牙) permanent tooth; adult tooth
• 槽牙 molar tooth
• 换牙(換牙) to grow replacement teeth; to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
• 牙婆 intermediary
• 牙买加胡椒(牙買加胡椒) Jamaican pepper; all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
• 假象牙 celluloid
• 牙人 middleman; broker
• 牙釉质(牙釉質) tooth enamel
• 牙商 business agent / sales agent
• 张牙舞爪(張牙舞爪) to bare fangs and brandish claws; to make threatening gestures
• 牙车(牙車) jawbone
• 牙科 dentistry
• 牙托 mouthguard; occlusal splint; dental impression tray; orthodontic plate; denture base; denture
• 葡萄牙文 Portuguese (language)
• 虎牙 canine tooth; maxillary canine
• 牙祭 a good meal; sumptuous food
• 老掉牙 very old; obsolete; out of date
• 牙齿矫正器(牙齒矯正器) orthodontic braces
• 牙城 citadel; military headquarters
• 牙子 serrated edge ; middleman; broker
• 门牙(門牙) incisor
• 西班牙语(西班牙語) Spanish language
• 爪牙 claws and teeth ; henchman ; an attendant
• 毒牙 venomous fang
• 塞牙 to get food stuck between one's teeth
• 补牙(補牙) to fill a tooth (cavity); to have a tooth filled; a dental filling
• 牙音 velar consonants of Middle Chinese
• 咬紧牙关(咬緊牙關) to bite the teeth tightly; to grit one's teeth and bear the pain; to bite the bullet
• 牙龈(牙齦) gums; gingiva
• 呲牙咧嘴 to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs

Also contained in

圣地牙哥 、 亚曼牙乡 、 龙牙犀角 、 伯牙 、 西班牙 、 西班牙港 、 姜子牙 、 吕牙 、 西班牙帝国 、 阿里海牙 、 龙牙菩提 、 牙买加

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: 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
• 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