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The Chinese word for toothbrush is
牙刷

yá shuā



toothbrush

Chinese Definition


toothbrush
     1. 名词. 牙刷
Components
     1. (anatomy) tooth
           拔牙 - to take out a tooth -
           我 牙 疼。 - I have a toothache. -
     2. (anatomy) ivory; tusk of elephant
           牙雕 - ivory sculpture -
     3. screw thread
     4. (literary, obsolete) to bite
     5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 衙 (government office; yamen)
     6. (obsolete) Alternative form of 芽 (to sprout)
     7. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) (Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness.)
     8. (historical) broker
     1. brush (tool)
     2. to brush; to scrub; to clean with a brush
     3. to paint with a brush
     4. (colloquial) to eliminate
     5. (chiefly Mainland neologism colloquial) to browse through (updates on social media etc.); to flip through
           刷 手機 - to check one's phone (for updates on social media etc.)
           這 部 電視劇 太 好看 了!我 已經 開始 四 刷 了! - This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!
     6. (colloquial) to write; to finish (a massive quantity of works)
     7. (video games, transitive) to grind
           刷 錢 - to grind for in-game money
     8. (video games) to spawn
           刷 車 器 - car spawner
     9. (dialectal) to pick; to choose



Translations for and their definitions

牙刷
     1. n. toothbrush
     2. Variant of 牙擦


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yá shuā

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