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 ·

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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