zī​yá

to bare one's teeth

  • created sense approved 龇牙/齜牙 · zī​yá · to bare one's teeth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龇牙 / 齜牙

    zī​yá

    to bare one's teeth

    To show one's teeth, either by parting the lips to speak, showing a fierce or painful expression, or because of crooked teeth.

    龇, 牙

    龇 (literal) → 龇/齜 · zī · to bare one's teeth 牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense