犬齿

犬齒
quǎnchǐ
noun #28,246

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 canine tooth
  2. 2 eyetooth
  3. 3 cuspid

Examples

Gǒu de quǎnchǐ fēicháng fēnglì.
A dog's canine teeth are very sharp.
Yáyī shuō wǒ de quǎnchǐ zhǎng de yǒudiǎn wāi.
The dentist said my canine teeth grew in slightly crooked.

Tips

memory
means 'dog' and 齿 means 'tooth' — so 犬齿 is literally 'dog tooth', a vivid name for canine teeth since dogs have notably prominent ones. This is also why they're called 'canines' in English (from Latin canis = dog).

Stroke Order

quǎn
齿 chǐ