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鼻子

bí zi

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个、只

鼻子 (bí zi) means "nose". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 鼻子 means

1. nose

The characters in 鼻子

• 鼻bínose
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 大象鼻子长。
  An elephant has a long nose.
• 他的鼻子很长。
  He has a long nose.
• 大象有长鼻子。
  An elephant has a long nose.
• 我的鼻子好痒。
  My nose is itchy.
• 擤擤你的鼻子。
  Blow your nose.
• 堵住你的鼻子。
  Plug your nose.

Words containing 鼻子

• 哭鼻子kū bí zito snivel (usually humorous)
• 挖鼻子wā bí zito pick one's nose
• 牛鼻子niú bí zikey point; crux; (old) Daoist (facetious)
• 白鼻子bái bí zicunning or sly person
• 老鼻子lǎo bí zimany
• 大红鼻子dà hóng bí zirhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol); brandy nose
• 牵着鼻子走qiān zhe bí zi zǒuto lead by the nose
• 蹬鼻子上脸dēng bí zi shàng liǎnlit. to climb all over sb; fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
• 抹一鼻子灰mǒ yī bí zi huīlit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
• 碰一鼻子灰pèng yī bí zi huīlit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt; fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
• 横挑鼻子竖挑眼héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎnto pick on sth incessantly (idiom); to criticize right and left

Where 鼻子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Description (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bí zi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.