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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zā | za1
English translation
to suck, to smack the lips

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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

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口匝

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

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真的 hěn xiǎng chī 点儿 diǎn r 点心 diǎnxin ,”基顿 zhāo zuǐ shuì

"I really want some dessert," Keaton says, smacking his lips.

特迪 le 舌头 shétou 活像 huó xiàng 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán de 英国 Yīng guó 舍监

Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.

不满 bù mǎn de 咂咂嘴

He clucks in disapproval.

zhēng zhāo zuǐ 喝茶 hē chá

He was slurping his tea.

咂嘴发出 fā chū 啧啧声吸引 xīyǐn 他们 tā men de 注意 zhùyì

He clicked his tongue to attract their attention.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to sip
咂摸 zā mo (dialect) to savor咂摸 zā mo
点头咂嘴 diǎn tóu zā zuǐ to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)點頭咂嘴

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