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zuǐ

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zuǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zuǐ | zui3
English translation
mouth
beak
nozzle
spout (of teapot etc)
CL: zhāng
> Zhāng [zhāng],
>[gè]
mouth, lips

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About zuǐ

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

zuǐ

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of zuǐ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口觜

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as . The kǒu (mouth) component was added later.

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Example sentences using zuǐ

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

乐得 qiáo le 嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo .

He quirked up the corners of his mouth with amusement.

眼睛 yǎnjing 眯成一条 féng ,嘴巴 zuǐ ba 微微 wēi wēi 咧开,不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán de 轻轻 qīng qīng hēng le 一声 yī shēng .

His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior " Hm! "

乜斜 miē xie zhāo 眼睛 yǎnjing , piē le 撇嘴 piě zuǐ .

He squinted with his mouth twitched.

quàn le 半天 bàn tiān ,嘴皮 dōu kuài le .

I talked till my jaws ached, trying to bring him around.

Words with zuǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zuǐ mouth zuǐ
嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth嘴巴 zuǐ ba
嘴唇 zuǐchún lip嘴唇 zuǐchún
嘴里 zuǐ lǐ mouth嘴裡
嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo corner of the mouth嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo
住嘴 zhù zuǐ Shut up!住嘴 zhù zuǐ
满嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical)滿嘴
闭嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!閉嘴
张嘴 zhāng zuǐ to gape張嘴
嘴脸 zuǐ liǎn look嘴臉
插嘴 chā zuǐ to butt in插嘴 chā zuǐ
多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative多嘴 duō zuǐ
顶嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back頂嘴
奶嘴 nǎi zuǐ pacifier奶嘴 nǎi zuǐ
斗嘴 dòu zuǐ to quarrel鬥嘴
喷嘴 pēn zuǐ nozzle噴嘴
嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake嘴硬 zuǐ yìng
七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé lively discussion with everybody talking at once七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé
撇嘴 piě zuǐ to curl one's lip撇嘴 piě zuǐ
馋嘴 chán zuǐ gluttonous饞嘴
油嘴 yóu zuǐ silver tongued油嘴 yóu zuǐ
嘴馋 zuǐ chán gluttonous嘴饞
嘴皮子 zuǐ pí zi lit. lips嘴皮子 zuǐ pí zi
吵嘴 chǎo zuǐ to quarrel吵嘴 chǎo zuǐ

zuǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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zuǐ Decomposition

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