乳牙 (rǔ yá) — milk teeth, baby teeth
Definition
Baby teeth that children have before the permanent set (恒牙) grows in.
noun
milk teethbaby teeth
Measure word · 颗
Examples
- 乳牙。Hái zi yì bān zài liù suì zuǒ yòu kāi shǐ huàn rǔ yá.Children usually start losing their baby teeth around age six.
- 乳牙,。rǔ yá Bǐ jiào cuì ruò, róng yì zhù yá.Baby teeth are relatively fragile and prone to cavities.
- 乳牙,。Tā de rǔ yá hái méi diào wán, héng yá jiù cháng chū lái le.His baby teeth hadn't all fallen out yet when his permanent teeth started coming in.
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