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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jǔ | ju3
English translation
to chew
to masticate
to suck; to chew

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口且

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

qiě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound.

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充分 chōngfèn 咀嚼 jǔjué 食物 shíwù 吃饭 chī fàn 不要 bù yào 太快

Chew your food well and do not rush meals.

屋子里一片寂静 jìjìng 只有 zhǐyǒu 约翰 Yuē hàn 发出 fā chū de 咀嚼 jǔjué shēng

The room was silent except for John's crunching.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咀嚼 jǔjué to chew咀嚼 jǔjué
to chew
含英咀华 hán yīng jǔ huá to savor fine writing (idiom)含英咀華
石咀山 Shí jǔ shān Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name)石咀山 Shí jǔ shān
石咀山市 Shí jǔ shān shì variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山市 Shí zuǐ shān shì [Shí​zuǐ​shān​shì], prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia石咀山市 Shí jǔ shān shì

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Decomposition

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