腋毛

yèmáo

noun #33,291

Meanings

1 armpit hair
2 underarm hair

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

夏天到了，她去做腋毛脱毛。

Xiàtiān dào le, tā qù zuò yèmáo tuōmáo.

Summer is here, so she went to get her armpit hair removed.

HSK 6

很多人会刮掉腋毛。

Hěnduō rén huì guā diào yèmáo.

Many people shave off their armpit hair.

Tips

memory

腋 (yè) = armpit, 毛 (máo) = hair/fur - same 毛 as in body hair vs head hair. Compound is purely literal: "armpit hair." Colloquially you may also hear 胳肢窝的毛 (gēzhīwō de máo).

Stroke Order

腋 yè

毛 máo