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刷牙shuāyáto brush one’s teeth

Theme
Body
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
12
Characters
2

How 刷牙 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

刷 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
牙 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 刷牙

Examples

我每天刷两次牙。

Wǒ měitiān shuā liǎng cì yá .

I brush my teeth twice a day.

  • 我wǒI
  • 每měieach
  • 天tiānday; sky
  • 刷shuāto brush
  • 两liǎngtwo
  • 次cìtime (occurrence)
  • 牙yátooth

睡觉前要刷牙。

Shuìjiào qián yào shuāyá.

You should brush your teeth before bed.

  • 睡觉shuìjiàoto sleep
  • 前qiánfront; before
  • 要yàoto want; must
  • 刷牙shuāyáto brush one’s teeth

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 牙膏
  • 印刷
  • 牙齿