牙
膏

Toothpaste in Chinese: 牙膏 (yá gāo)

yá gāo

toothpaste

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1toothpaste

Stroke order

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牙
膏

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄧㄚˊ

yá

ㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄠ

gāo

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 牙膏 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 请买条牙膏吧。

    qǐng mǎi tiáo yá gāo ba。

    Please buy a tube of toothpaste.

  • 请买一支牙膏。

    qǐng mǎi yì zhī yá gāo。

    Please buy a tube of toothpaste.

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Related words

牙

yá

tooth

刷牙

shuā yá

to brush one's teeth

牙刷

yá shuā

toothbrush

牙齿

yá chǐ

tooth

西班牙语

xī bān yá yǔ

Spanish language

钥匙

yào shi

key

以

yǐ

to use

窄

zhǎi

narrow

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

做生意

zuò shēng yì

to do business

唉

ài

alas

爱惜

ài xī

to cherish

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