唇
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chún · lips

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10Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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口Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 唇

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chúnWords pronounced chún
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Example sentences

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Nǐ de zuǐ chún shàng yǒu dōng xī.你的嘴唇上有东西。

You've got something on your lip.

Source: Tatoeba #10734972 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Měi nián dōng tiān, wǒ de zuǐ chún dōu huì gān liè.每年冬天,我的嘴唇都会干裂。

I get chapped lips every winter.

Source: Tatoeba #3667864 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de zuǐ chún hěn piàoliang.你的嘴唇很漂亮。

You have beautiful lips.

Source: Tatoeba #4147377 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Pèng guò jiǔ de zuǐ chún jiù bié xiǎng pèng wǒ de chún.碰過酒的嘴唇就別想碰我的唇。

Lips that touch liquor shall not touch mine.

Source: Tatoeba #810613 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de zuǐ chún ruǎn mián mián de, jiù xiàng xiān rén zhǎng de biǎo pí yí yàng.你的嘴唇軟綿綿的,就像仙人掌的表皮一樣。

Your lips are soft like the surface of a cactus.

Source: Tatoeba #488454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā hé shàng shuāng chún, bìng gào sù zì jǐ bú yào kū.她合上雙唇,並告訴自己不要哭。

She pressed her lips together and willed herself not to cry.

Source: Tatoeba #338951 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 唇 in context

  1. Say chún, then recall the core meaning: lips.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 嘴唇 (zuǐ chún), meaning “lip”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 唇 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.