Chinese symbol for “toothless”
无牙
wú yá
Traditional: 無牙
toothless; (fig.) powerless; ineffectual; weak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for toothless is 无牙 (wú yá), defined as: toothless; (fig.) powerless; ineffectual; weak.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “toothless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 齾 | yà | dented; chipped |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无牙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
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.