牙 yá

1. yá noun tooth; tusk
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '牙' n 1; Kroll 2015 '牙' 1, p. 524; Unihan '牙'; XHZD '牙' 1, p. 856)
2. yá noun Kangxi radical 92
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '牙' n 5)
3. yá noun tooth shaped object
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, the hook on a crossbow (Kroll 2015 '牙' 3, p. 524; XHZD '牙' 2, p. 856)
4. yá noun a middleman; a broker
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 5, p. 524; XHZD '牙' 3, p. 856)
5. yá verb to bite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '牙' v; Kroll 2015 '牙' 2, p. 524)
6. yá noun commander's office; local government headquarters
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Early variant writing, as in 衙门 (Guoyu '牙' n 4; Kroll 2015 '牙' 4a, p. 524)
7. yá noun a sprout
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Variant writing (Kroll 2015 '牙' 6, p. 524)
8. yá noun ivory
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 象牙 (Guoyu '牙' n 2)
9. yá noun serrated [banner]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '牙' 4, p. 524; Unihan '牙')

Contained in

• 匈牙利语(匈牙利語) Hungarian language
• 牙医(牙醫) a dentist
• 牙周炎 periodontitis (gum disorder)
• 牙髓 tooth pulp
• 牙床 gum; ivory bedframe
• 犬牙 fangs; dog's teeth
• 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
• 镶牙(鑲牙) to have a false tooth set in; denture
• 牙关紧闭症(牙關緊閉症) lockjaw; trismus
• 房牙 real estate agent
• 獠牙 tusk; fang
• 犬牙相制 dog's fangs interlocking; opposing sides interlocking
• 牙车(牙車) jawbone
• 狼牙山 Mount Langya
• 毒牙 venomous fang
• 犬牙相错(犬牙相錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
• 爪牙 claws and teeth ; henchman ; an attendant
• 矫形牙套(矯形牙套) orthodontic brace
• 马路牙子(馬路牙子) curb
• 牙祭 a good meal; sumptuous food
• 牙行 middleman (in former times); broker
• 剔牙 to pick one's teeth
• 牙冠 crown of a tooth; (dental) crown
• 槽牙 molar tooth
• 牙盘(牙盤) (bicycle) crankset
• 牙碜(牙磣) gritty food ; coarse language ; an unpleasant noise
• 牙科医生(牙科醫生) dentist
• 磨牙 to grind one's teeth ; pointless arguing ; molar
• 塞牙 to get food stuck between one's teeth
• 月牙形 crescent
• 犬牙鹰爪(犬牙鷹爪) a dog's fangs and eagle's talons; to act as a lackey; a henchman
• 牙门(牙門) a government office in imperial China; yamen ; a camp
• 基牙 abutment tooth (dentistry)
• 巨牙鲨(巨牙鯊) megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)
• 牙缝(牙縫) gap between teeth
• 牙人 middleman; broker
• 牙膏 toothpaste
• 西班牙语(西班牙語) Spanish language
• 牙龈炎(牙齦炎) gingivitis
• 以牙还牙(以牙還牙) a tooth for a tooth
• 无牙(無牙) toothless; (fig.) powerless; ineffectual; weak
• 呲牙咧嘴 to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs

Also contained in

牙克石 、 匈牙利 、 葡萄牙 、 吕牙 、 伯牙 、 牙克石市 、 西班牙帝国 、 西班牙港 、 龙牙西来意

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三百二十九 列傳第二百十七 西域一 Volume 329 Biographies 217: Western Regions 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 卷一百十一　列傳第四十九:　古里甲石倫 內族:完顏訛可 撒合輦 強伸 烏林答胡土 內族:完顏思烈 紇石烈牙吾塔 Volume 111 Biographies 49: Gulijiashilun, Nei same clan: Wanyaneke, Sa Henian, Qiang Shen, Wulindahutu, same clan: Wanyansilie, Geshilieyawuta History of Jin 金史 — count: 25
• 卷一百十七　列傳第四:　別里古台 朮赤 禿剌 牙忽都 寬徹普化 帖木兒不花 Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua History of Yuan 元史 — count: 23
• 卷八　本紀第八:　世祖五 Volume 8 Annals 8: Shizu 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 22
• 卷二百一十七下 列傳第一百四十二下 回鶻下 Volume 217b Biographies 142b: Huihu 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
• 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
• 卷二十二 列傳第十六: 陸子隆 錢道戢 駱牙 Volume 22: Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 14
• 卷四十五　志第十五: 　百官志一 Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 13
• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 卷十四　本紀第十四: 世祖十一 Volume 14 Annals 14: Shizu 11 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 13

Collocations

• 易牙 (易牙) 易牙入 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 45
• 叔牙 (叔牙) 問後於叔牙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 16
• 萌牙 (萌牙) 萌牙卵胎而不成者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 15
• 公子牙 (公子牙) 公子牙卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 12
• 知牙 (知牙) 次曰囊知牙斯 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 7
• 东郭牙 (東郭牙) 臣不如東郭牙 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 6
• 齿牙 (齒牙) 皮革齒牙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 牙曰 (牙曰) 鄉者牙曰慶父材 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 牙围 (牙圍) 以其一為之牙圍 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 4
• 延牙 (延牙) 北面延牙 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十上 蘇竟楊厚列傳 Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou — count: 4