门牙 (mén yá) — front tooth, incisor

Definition

noun
front toothincisor
Measure word · 颗

Examples

  • 门牙,。
    Tā de mén yá hěn bái, xiào qǐ lái hěn hǎo kàn.
    His front teeth are very white, and he looks great when he smiles.
  • ,。
    Xiǎo péng yǒu shuāi le yì jiāo, bǎ mén yá kē diào le yí bàn.
    The child fell and chipped half of his front tooth.
  • 门牙,。
    Yī shēng shuō wǒ de mén yá yǒu diǎn sōng dòng, jiàn yì chī ruǎn yì diǎn de shí wù.
    The doctor said my front teeth are a bit loose and recommended eating softer food.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

牙yátooth

门, 'door', with 牙, 'tooth', names the front teeth like a door.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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