齒

简 齿 · 繁 齒
Mandarin · pinyin chǐ

Meanings

  1. (bound form) tooth
  2. (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
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齒
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齿
chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
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3 · chi3

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ci2

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  1. (anatomy) tooth
  2. (figurative) tooth- or zigzag-like thing, such as a sawtooth, cogwheel, or fern
  3. (figurative) age (of a person or animal)
  4. to juxtapose; to put side by side
  5. to utter; to mention
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to employ; to take in
  7. (dialectal) to touch; to be in contact with
  8. (Xiang) pay attention, to be concerned with

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