臼齿

臼齒
jiùchǐ
noun #25,756

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 molar tooth
  2. 2 molar

Examples

Jiùchǐ fùzé yánmó shíwù, fēicháng zhòngyào.
Molar teeth are responsible for grinding food and are very important.
Tā de zhìchǐ (zuì hòumian de jiùchǐ) xūyào bá diào.
His wisdom tooth (the rearmost molar) needs to be extracted.

Tips

memory
(jiù) means a mortar — the bowl-shaped tool used for grinding. 臼齿 are your 'mortar teeth' — the flat back teeth designed for grinding food, just like a mortar grinds grain.

Stroke Order

jiù
齿 chǐ