The Chinese word 假牙 (jiǎyá), meaning "false teeth" or "denture," is a straightforward compound noun formed by combining two characters: 假 (jiǎ), which means "false," "artificial," or "fake," and 牙 (yá), which means "tooth." It follows a common modifier-noun grammatical structure in Chinese, where the first character describes the quality or type of the second. Therefore, the term literally and logically translates to "false tooth/teeth," directly indicating an artificial replacement for natural teeth.