Dictionary › 嘴
嘴
zuǐ
嘴 (zuǐ) means "mouth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.
What 嘴 means
- mouth
- beak
- nozzle
- spout (of teapot etc)
Example sentences
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闭嘴！Shut up!
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闭嘴。Shut up.
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少贫嘴。Shǎo pínzuǐ.Quit chattering.
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话在嘴边It's on the tip of my tongue.
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鹰嘴豆泥Hummus?
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把嘴张开！Bǎ zuǐ zhāngkāi!Open your mouth!
Words starting with 嘴
- 嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip
- 嘴里zuǐ lǐmouth; in the mouth; on one's lips
- 嘴巴zuǐ bamouth; slap in the face
- 嘴角zuǐ jiǎocorner of the mouth
- 嘴脸zuǐ liǎnfeatures, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance
- 嘴硬zuǐ yìngreluctant to admit a mistake
- 嘴皮子zuǐ pí zilit. lips; fig. glib talk
- 嘴馋zuǐ chángluttonous; ravenous
- 嘴严zuǐ yánprudent in speech
- 嘴型zuǐ xíngmouth shape when speaking or singing
- 嘴套zuǐ tàomuzzle (for a dog etc)
- 嘴子zuǐ zimouth; beak; spout
- 嘴快zuǐ kuàito have loose lips
- 嘴损zuǐ sǔn(dialect) sharp-tongued; harsh
- 嘴替zuǐ tì(slang) sb who effectively articulates others' thoughts or feelings on their behalf
- 嘴直zuǐ zhístraight shooter
- 嘴稳zuǐ wěnable to keep a secret
- 嘴软zuǐ ruǎnsoft-spoken; afraid to speak out
- 嘴松zuǐ sōngloose-tongued
- 嘴不严zuǐ bù yánto have a loose tongue
- 嘴巴子zuǐ ba zislap
- 嘴快心直zuǐ kuài xīn zhíoutspoken and frank (idiom)
- 嘴碎zuǐ suìloquacious; garrulous; wordy
- 嘴欠zuǐ qiàn(colloquial) unable to control one's tongue; prone to say sth nasty
Words containing 嘴
- 张嘴zhāng zuǐto open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape
- 插嘴chā zuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
- 满嘴mǎn zuǐa full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with…
- 闭嘴bì zuǐShut up!; same as 闭上嘴巴
- 咧嘴liě zuǐto grin
- 撇嘴piě zuǐto curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
- 七嘴八舌qī zuǐ bā shélively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 多嘴duō zuǐtalkative; to speak out of turn; to blab
- 斗嘴dòu zuǐto quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee
- 住嘴zhù zuǐto hold one's tongue; Shut up!
- 亲嘴qīn zuǐto kiss (on the mouth)
- 吵嘴chǎo zuǐto quarrel
- 顶嘴dǐng zuǐto talk back; to answer back
- 龇牙咧嘴zī yá liě zuǐto grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
- 努嘴nǔ zuǐto pout; to stick out one's lips
- 动嘴dòng zuǐto talk
- 反嘴fǎn zuǐto answer back; to contradict; to renege
- 名嘴míng zuǐwell-known commentator; talking head; pundit
- 回嘴huí zuǐto answer back; to retort
- 围嘴wéi zuǐ(baby) bib
- 对嘴duì zuǐto lip-sync
- 山嘴shān zuǐmountain spur
- 强嘴jiàng zuǐto talk back; to reply defiantly
- 别嘴biè zuǐmouthful (awkward speech); tongue-twister
Characters that look like 嘴
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 噢ōoh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. òu
- 噬shìto devour; to bite
- 噶gáphonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)…
- 嚏tìsneeze
- 噗pū(onomatopoeia) pop; plop; pfff
- 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously
Sounds the same
Read zuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 嘴 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & body (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuǐ correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
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