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Toothbrush in Chinese

toothbrush · HSK 3

牙刷 yá shuā

  1. 牙 yá tooth
  2. 刷 shuā brush

Counted with 把: 一把牙刷 yì bǎ yáshuā

我的牙刷该换了。 My toothbrush needs replacing.

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How do you say toothbrush in Chinese?

Toothbrush in Chinese is 牙刷 (yá shuā).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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