Chinese symbol for “toothpaste”
牙膏
yá gāo
toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for toothpaste is 牙膏 (yá gāo), defined as: toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牙膏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 象牙 | xiàng yá | ivory; elephant tusk |
| 牙医 (牙醫) | yá yī | dentist |
| 刷牙 | shuā yá | to brush one's teeth |
| 牙科 | yá kē | dentistry |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster |
| 唇膏 | chún gāo | lip balm; lipstick |
| 药膏 (藥膏) | yào gāo | ointment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “toothpaste”.
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.