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颊

jiá

Character Traditional 頰

What 颊 means

1. cheeks

Example sentences

• 她亲吻他的脸颊。
  She kissed him on the cheek.
• 汤姆亲了玛丽脸颊。
  Tom kissed Mary on the cheek.
• 我两个脸颊都被打了。
  Wǒ liǎng ge liǎnjiá dōu bèi dǎ le.
  I got slapped on both cheeks.
• 汤姆吻了玛丽的脸颊。
  Tāngmǔ wěn le Mǎlì de liǎnjiá.
  Tom kissed Mary's cheek.
• 汤姆亲吻了玛丽的两颊。
  Tom kissed Mary on both cheeks.
• 她在他的脸颊上吻了一下。
  Tā zài tā de liǎnjiá shàng wěn le yīxià.
  She kissed him on the cheek.

Words starting with 颊

• 颊窝jiá wōdimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake

Words containing 颊

• 脸颊liǎn jiácheek
• 面颊miàn jiácheek
• 批颊pī jiáto slap sb's cheeks
• 缓颊huǎn jiáto urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action
• 两颊生津liǎng jiá shēng jīnmouth-watering; to whet one's appetite
• 黄颊山雀huáng jiá shān què(bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
• 黄颊麦鸡huáng jiá mài jī(bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
• 齿颊生香chǐ jiá shēng xiānglit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom); fig. to water at the mouth…
• 白颊黑雁bái jiá hēi yàn(bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
• 腮颊sāi jiácheek; jaw
• 白颊山鹧鸪bái jiá shān zhè gū(bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
• 白颊鹎bái jiá bēi(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
• 栗颊噪鹛lì jiá zào méi(bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis)
• 白颊噪鹛bái jiá zào méi(bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio)
• 紫颊直嘴太阳鸟zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)

Characters built on 夹

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

• 峡xiágorge
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 浃jiāsoaked; to wet; to drench
• 硖xiáplace name
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

Characters that look like 颊

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

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 颓tuíto crumble; to collapse; to decline
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕

Sounds the same

Read jiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夹double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
• 戛lance; to tap; to scrape
• 荚pod (botany)
• 铗pincers for use at a fire; sword
• 郏used in 郏县
• 恝indifferent
• 唊(old) to talk recklessly; to talk nonsense; talkative
• 跲to stumble
• 蛱see 蛱蝶
• 䛟variant of 唊
• 頬variant of 颊
• 袷variant of 夹