Chinese word dictionary

嘴欠

zuǐ qiàn · (coll.) unable to control one's tongue; prone to say sth nasty

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Word information

Simplified嘴欠

Traditional嘴欠

Pinyinzuǐ qiàn

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

嘴zuǐ

mouth, lips

欠qiàn

to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

How to learn 嘴欠

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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嘴zuǐ

mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

欠qiàn

to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

嘴巴zuǐba

mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4])

插嘴chāzuǐ

to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation

咧嘴liězuǐ

to grin

七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once