= y + a2
tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1]
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How to pronounce 牙

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

牙 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 牙 as component

穿
chuān = chu + an1
to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
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ya = y + a5
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
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= y + a3
elegant
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Words with 牙

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tooth / dental / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

Sentences with 牙

牙 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1]

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