咧
嘴

To grin in Chinese: 咧嘴 (liě zuǐ)

liě zuǐ

to grin

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to grin

Stroke order

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咧
嘴

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧㄝˇ

liě

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄨㄟˇ

zuǐ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 咧嘴 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他咧嘴笑了，露出一口白牙。

    tā liě zuǐ xiào le， lù chū yì kǒu bái yá。

    He grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

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Related words

嘴

zuǐ

mouth

嘴巴

zuǐ ba

mouth

插嘴

chā zuǐ

to interrupt (sb talking)

吵嘴

chǎo zuǐ

to quarrel

嘴唇

zuǐ chún

lip

大大咧咧

dà dà liē liē

carefree

七嘴八舌

qī zuǐ bā shé

lively discussion with everybody talking at once

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