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 bádiào.
His wisdom tooth (the rearmost molar) needs to be extracted.

Tips

memory
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