Chinese symbol for “denture”
镶牙
xiāng yá
Traditional: 鑲牙
to have a false tooth set in; denture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for denture is 镶牙 (xiāng yá), defined as: to have a false tooth set in; denture.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “denture”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镶牙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镶嵌 (鑲嵌) | xiāng qiàn | to inlay; to embed |
| 镶边 (鑲邊) | xiāng biān | edge; border |
| 镶金 (鑲金) | xiāng jīn | gilded; inlaid with gold |
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
| 象牙 | xiàng yá | ivory; elephant tusk |
| 牙医 (牙醫) | yá yī | dentist |
| 刷牙 | shuā yá | to brush one's teeth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “denture”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.