The Chinese word for toothbrush is
牙刷
yá shuāChinese Definition
toothbrush | |
1. 名词. 牙刷 | |
Components | |
牙 | |
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 | |
刷 | |
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 刷 and their definitions
牙刷 | |
1. n. toothbrush | |
2. Variant of 牙擦 |
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