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唇

chún

HSK 6 Character

What 唇 means

1. lip

Other readings

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

• chúnvariant of {唇|chún}

Example sentences

• 我读唇语。
  I read lips.
• 你的嘴唇很漂亮。
  Nǐ de zuǐchún hěn piàoliang.
  You have beautiful lips.
• 你的嘴唇上有东西。
  You've got something on your lip.
• 碰过酒的嘴唇就别想碰我的唇。
  Pèng guo jiǔ de zuǐchún jiù bié xiǎng pèng wǒ de chún.
  Lips that touch liquor shall not touch mine.
• 每年冬天，我的嘴唇都会干裂。
  Měinián dōngtiān, wǒ de zuǐchún dōu huì gānliè.
  I get chapped lips every winter.
• 她合上双唇，并告诉自己不要哭。
  Tā héshàng shuāng chún, bìng gàosu zìjǐ bù yào kū.
  She pressed her lips together and willed herself not to cry.

Words starting with 唇

• 唇膏chún gāolip balm; lipstick
• 唇舌chún shéargument; words; lips and tongue
• 唇典chún diǎnargot; codeword
• 唇印chún yìnlips-mark; hickey
• 唇彩chún cǎilip gloss; lip color gloss
• 唇蜜chún mìlip gloss
• 唇裂chún liècleft lip
• 唇角chún jiǎocorner of the mouth; labial angle
• 唇读chún dúto lip-read; lipreading
• 唇音chún yīnlabial consonant
• 唇齿chún chǐ(fig.) close partners; interdependent
• 唇形科chún xíng kēLabiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint
• 唇线笔chún xiàn bǐlip liner
• 唇齿音chún chǐ yīnlabiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
• 唇枪舌剑chún qiāng shé jiàn(idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange
• 唇齿相依chún chǐ xiāng yīlit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related; interdependent
• 唇亡齿寒chún wáng chǐ hánlit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
• 唇颚裂chún è liècleft lip and palate
• 唇釉chún yòu(cosmetics) liquid lipstick…
• 唇枪舌战chún qiāng shé zhànsee 唇枪舌剑

Words containing 唇

• 嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip
• 下唇xià chúnlower lip
• 反唇相讥fǎn chún xiāng jī(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort
• 上唇shàng chúnupper lip; (entomology) labrum
• 内唇nèi chúnepipharynx (entomology); inner part of the lip
• 丰唇fēng chúnto augment lip volume (through cosmetic surgery or injections); plump lips
• 阴唇yīn chún(anatomy) labia (of the vulva)
• 费唇舌fèi chún shéto argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
• 双唇音shuāng chún yīnbilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
• 搬唇递舌bān chún dì shéto pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension; to blab; to tell tales
• 白费唇舌bái fèi chún shéto whistle down the wind; to waste one's breath (idiom)
• 鼻唇沟bí chún gōunasolabial fold; smile lines; laugh lines
• 白唇鹿bái chún lùCervus albirostris (white-lipped deer)
• 咬唇妆yǎo chún zhuāngbitten-lips look…
• 润唇膏rùn chún gāochapstick; lip balm
• 兔唇tù chúnhare lip (birth defect)
• 饶舌调唇ráo shé tiáo chúnblabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
• 沾唇zhān chúnto moisten one's lips; to sip (wine, tea etc); esp. used with negatives: never touch a…
• 驴唇不对马嘴lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark…
• 皓齿朱唇hào chǐ zhū chúnwhite teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
• 齿唇音chǐ chún yīnsee 唇齿音
• 驴唇马嘴lǘ chún mǎ zuǐsee 驴唇不对马嘴

Characters that look like 唇

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

• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 盾dùnshield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿

Sounds the same

Read chún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纯pure; simple; unmixed
• 醇alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 淳genuine; pure; honest
• 鹑(bound form) quail
• 莼used in 莼菜
• 㵮clear water
• 漘shore
• 𬭚copper drum
• 鯙Scomberomorus sinensis
• 㝄old variant of 纯
• 㝇old variant of 鹑