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咧

liē

Character

What 咧 means

1. used in {咧咧|liē liē}
2. used in {大大咧咧|dà dà liē liē}
3. used in {骂骂咧咧|mà ma liē liē}

Other readings

咧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liěto draw back the corners of one's mouth
• liemodal particle expressing exclamation

Example sentences

• 我才不是讨厌咧。
  I'm not annoyed at all.
• 无论你平时怎幺大大咧咧的，起码试着稍微礼貌一点吧。
  You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.

Words starting with 咧

• 咧嘴liě zuǐto grin
• 咧咧liē liē(dialect) to cry; to whimper; (dialect) to talk drivel
• 咧开嘴笑liě kāi zuǐ xiàoto laugh

Words containing 咧

• 大大咧咧dà dà liē liē(idiom) carefree; offhand; casual
• 骂骂咧咧mà ma liē liēto swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
• 龇牙咧嘴zī yá liě zuǐto grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
• 呲牙咧嘴zī yá liě zuǐvariant of 龇牙咧嘴

Characters built on 列

These share the phonetic component 列 (liè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open
• 冽liècold and raw
• 趔lièused in 趔趄
• 洌lièpure; to cleanse

Characters that look like 咧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 啊āinterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
• 哪nǎhow; which
• 剖pōuto cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. pǒu
• 哟yōOh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. yāo
• 绗hángto quilt
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)