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嘴 zuǐ mouth

How to remember 嘴: 口 mouth + 觜 beak = mouth. The girl opens her mouth wide in shock when the parrot's beak snatches the cookie right out of her mouth.

  • 1,010. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 16 strokes
  • Radical 口

Component breakdown

嘴 = 口 mouth + 觜 beak

  • 口 mouth
  • 觜 beak
The Gushi story

The girl opens her mouth wide in shock when the parrot's beak snatches the cookie right out of her mouth.

How it is used

  • The everyday word for mouth, usually as 嘴巴 (zuǐba) - more colloquial than the formal/anatomical 口 (kǒu).
  • Appears in gesture/speech idioms: 插嘴 (chāzuǐ) to butt into a conversation, 咧嘴 (liězuǐ) to grin.
  • 七嘴八舌 (qīzuǐ-bāshé) describes a crowd all talking at once, everyone chiming in.
  • For the physical opening use 嘴; for the abstract 'opening of a container' or classifier sense (人口 population, 三口人), use 口.

Words with 嘴

Example sentences

  • 请张开嘴。 Qǐng zhāngkāi zuǐ.Please open your mouth.
  • 他的嘴上和脸上都沾满了巧克力。 Tā de zuǐshàng hé liǎnshàng dōu zhānmǎn le qiǎokèlì.His lips and face are covered with chocolate.