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启齿

qǐ chǐ

2-character word Traditional 啟齒

What 启齿 means

1. to open one's mouth
2. to start talking

The characters in 启齿

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention

Words containing 启齿

• 难以启齿nán yǐ qǐ chǐto be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
• 羞于启齿xiū yú qǐ chǐto be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)