拔牙 (bá yá) — to pull out a tooth; to have a tooth extracted
Definition
A separable verb: 拔 'pull' + 牙 'tooth'. Split it for aspect/tense (拔了一颗牙) and for objects with a measure word.
verb
to pull out a toothto have a tooth extracted
Examples
- 拔牙。Wǒ míng tiān yào qù bá yá.I need to go get a tooth pulled tomorrow.
- 。Tā zuó tiān bá le yì kē zhì chǐ.He had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday.
- 。Bá yá yǐ hòu bù néng mǎ shàng chī dōng xī.You can't eat anything right after getting a tooth pulled.
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