齒

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211

How to write 齒, stroke by stroke

tooth

Pictographic: Upper and lower teeth 从; 止 provides the pronunciation

Made of 止 + 凵 + 从 + 一

牙齒yá chǐtooth; dental
齒輪chǐ lún(machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel)
啟齒qǐ chǐto open one's mouth; to start talking
嚙齒動物niè chǐ dòng wùrodent
難以啟齒nán yǐ qǐ chǐto be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
上齒shàng chǐupper teeth
下齒xià chǐbottom teeth
不齒bù chǐto despise; to hold in contempt
乳齒rǔ chǐdeciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth
切齒qiè chǐto gnash one's teeth (in anger)
劍齒虎jiàn chǐ hǔsaber-toothed tiger
口齒kǒu chǐmouth and teeth; enunciation; to articulate; diction; age (of cattle, horses etc)

他的牙齒是黃色的。
tā de yá chǐ shì huáng sè de 。
His teeth are yellow.
他用牙齒咬碎了核桃。
tā yòng yá chǐ yǎo suì le hé táo 。
He cracked the walnut with his teeth.
她用牙齒咬碎了核桃。
tā yòng yá chǐ yǎo suì le hé táo 。
She cracked the walnut with her teeth.
他武裝到牙齒。
tā wǔ zhuāng dào yá chǐ 。
He is armed to the teeth.
劍齒虎是在冰河時期絕種的。
jiàn chǐ hǔ shì zài bīng hé shí qī jué zhǒng de 。
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.