What does 剔牙 mean in Chinese?

剔牙 (tī yá) means "to pick one's teeth" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 剔牙?

剔牙 is pronounced "tī yá" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

剔牙 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

剔牙 is made up of the characters 剔, 牙. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 剔牙 using our stroke order tool.

剔牙

tī yá

to pick one's teeth

verb

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This word is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists.

Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.