乳牙

rǔyá

noun #24,722

Measure Word

一颗乳牙 kē

Meanings

1 baby tooth
2 milk tooth
3 deciduous tooth

Characters

Examples

孩子六岁时开始换乳牙。

Háizi liù suì shí kāishǐ huàn rǔyá.

Children start losing their baby teeth at age six.

她的乳牙终于掉了。

Tā de rǔyá zhōngyú diào le.

Her milk tooth finally fell out.

Tips

memory

乳 means milk/breast (think 乳汁, breast milk), and 牙 means tooth — so 乳牙 literally means 'milk tooth', matching the English term perfectly.

Stroke Order

乳 rǔ

牙 yá