刷牙 shuāyá▶ Menyikat gigi

Stroke order

刷牙 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 刷 — 8 strokes
• 牙 — 4 strokes

Example sentences

• 我每天早上刷牙。Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang shuāyá.I brush my teeth every morning.
• 睡觉以前要刷牙。Shuìjiào yǐqián yào shuāyá.You should brush your teeth before going to sleep.

Related words

• 牙膏pasta gigi
• 印刷pencetakan
• 牙齿gigi

刷牙 is pronounced shuāyá and means “Menyikat gigi”. HSK 3 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 刷牙 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.