蛀zyu3牙ngaa4

English

1. tooth decay; dental caries
2. to have a decayed tooth; to have dental cavity
3. tooth with cavities
4. decayed tooth; rotten tooth

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 因為牙齒衞生唔好而令到牙齒被細菌侵蝕
2. 蛀壞咗嘅牙（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 你成日都食糖，小心蛀牙呀！

  You are always eating sweets, beware of tooth cavities!

• 佢成日食糖，五歲就有一隻蛀牙！

  As he eats a lot of sweets, he has a decayed tooth at age five.

• 我蛀牙很多。

  I have a lot of bad teeth.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 我把蛀牙拔掉了。

  I got my decayed tooth pulled out.

  Tatoeba · aliene CC BY

• 根據牙醫，蛀牙並不總是甜食所引起的。

  According to dentists, tooth decay is not always caused by sweets.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY