牙膏 meaning in English

yágāo

toothpaste

HSK 7-9noun18 strokes

Meaning of 牙膏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yágāo
  1. toothpaste

Measure word: 管

牙膏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

请qǐng买mǎi条tiáo牙yá膏gāo吧ba。
Please buy a tube of toothpaste.
不bù能néng把bǎ牙yá膏gāo塞sāi回huí管guǎn里lǐ。
You can't put toothpaste back in the tube.
在zài哪nǎ儿ér我wǒ能néng找zhǎo到dào牙yá膏gāo?
Where can I find toothpaste?
汤tāng姆mǔ忘wàng了le买mǎi牙yá膏gāo了le。
Tom forgot to buy toothpaste.
大dà多duō数shù牙yá膏gāo里lǐ含hán有yǒu氟fú化huà物wù。
Most toothpastes contain fluoride.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

牙 yá · tooth · 4 strokes

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膏 gāo · grease · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 牙膏.

刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
牙刷yáshuātoothbrush
西班牙语XībānyáyǔSpanish language
牙齿yáchǐtooth; dental
牙医yáyīdentist
石膏shígāogypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster
假牙jiǎyáfalse teeth; dentures
以牙还牙yǐyáhuányáa tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
唇膏chúngāolip balm; lipstick
老掉牙lǎodiàoyávery old; obsolete
药膏yàogāoointment
尖牙jiānyácanine tooth; fang; tusk

Questions about 牙膏

What does 牙膏 mean?

牙膏 (yágāo) means "toothpaste" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 牙膏?

牙膏 is made of 2 characters: 牙 (4 strokes), 膏 (14 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 牙膏 an HSK word?

Yes. 牙膏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.