Word: 牙 (yá)

他咧嘴一笑，露出一口白牙。

Tā liězuǐ yí xiào, lùchū yìkǒu bái yá.

He grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

他笑的时候，露了一口白牙。

Tā xiào de shíhou, lùle yìkǒu bái yá.

When he smiled, he showed a mouthful of white teeth.

你刷过牙没有？

Nǐ shuā guò yá méiyǒu?

Did you brush your teeth?

八十岁的妈妈没牙，唇说

bāshí suì de māma méi yá, chún shuō

An eighty-year-old mother with no teeth: speaks with her lips

八十岁的老太太打哈欠，一望无牙

bāshí suì de lǎotàitai dǎhāqian, yí wàng wú yá

An eighty-year-old woman yawning: not a tooth in sight

医生把我的牙拔了。

Yīshēng bǎ wǒ de yá bále.

The doctor pulled out my tooth.

多数人每天至少刷两次牙。

Duōshù rén měitiān zhìshǎo shuā liǎngcì yá.

Most people brush their teeth at least two times a day.

夫妻吵架好比舌头碰牙

fūqī chǎojià hǎobǐ shétou pèng yá

a couple's quarrel is like the tongue knocking the teeth

她牙疼得厉害。

Tā yá téng de lìhai.

Her teeth hurt a lot.

我一天刷两次牙。

Wǒ yì tiān shuā liǎngcì yá.

I brush my teeth twice a day.

我最近想去洗个牙。

Wǒ zuìjìn xiǎng qù xǐ gè yá.

Recently, I want to go to brush my teeth.

我的牙在几个小时后又痛起来了。

Wǒ de yá zài jǐ ge xiǎoshí hòu yòu tòng qǐlaile.

My toothache returned in a few hours.

我的牙很痛。

Wǒ de yá hěn tòng.

I've got a toothache.

打掉了牙往肚子里咽,苦不堪言

dǎdiàole yá wǎng dǔzi lǐ yàn,kǔbùkānyán

teeth knocked out and swallowed: bitterness beyond words

没有舌头不碰牙的

méiyǒu shétou bú pèng yá de

there is no tongue that doesn't bump the teeth

没牙的老太婆吃豆腐，正是可口的菜

méi yá de lǎotàipó chīdòufu, zhèngshì kěkǒu de cài

a toothless old woman eating tofu: just the right dish

没牙的老太婆啃骨头，靠舔

méi yá de lǎotàipó kěngútou, kào tiǎn

a toothless old woman gnawing a bone: relying on licking

牙硬磨不过舌头

yá yìng mó búguò shétou

hard teeth can't outlast the tongue

牙神经疼得我晚上睡不着。

Yá shénjīng téng de wǒ wǎnshang shuì bù zháo.

My tooth nerve hurt so much that I couldn't sleep at night.

睡觉之前把牙给刷了啊。

Shuìjiào zhīqián bǎ yá gěi shuā le a.

Brush your teeth before you go to sleep.

请张开嘴，我看看你的牙。

Qǐng zhāngkāi zuǐ, wǒ kànkan nǐ de yá.

Please open your mouth and let me look at your teeth.