种牙

種牙

zhòngyá

verb

Meanings

1 to get a dental implant
2 to have an implant placed

Characters

to plant; to implant

Examples

他上周刚种了一颗牙。

Tā shàng zhōu gāng zhòngle yī kē yá.

He just got a dental implant last week.

种牙的价格最近降了不少。

Zhòngyá de jiàgé zuìjìn jiàngle bùshǎo.

Dental implant prices have dropped a fair bit recently.

Tips

memory

种 (plant) + 牙 (tooth) = literally "plant a tooth" — the surgical analogy matches the Latin dens in-plantatum.

Stroke Order

种 zhǒng

牙 yá