嘴

zuǐ
HSK 4
#1,008 most
frequent character
mouth, beak, spout (of teapot etc)
noun
Measure words:张 zhāng,个 gè

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

嘴 joins 口 mouth with 觜 zuǐ, which supplies both sound and shape meaning. It first meant a bird's beak. The meaning then grew to a mouth, and to things shaped like a mouth.

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Example Sentences

他的嘴很大。
tāde zuǐ hěndà 。
His mouth is very big.
我用嘴吃东西。
wǒ yòng zuǐ chī dōngxī 。
I use my mouth to eat.
这只鸟的嘴很尖。
zhè zhī niǎo de zuǐ hěnjiān 。
The beak of this bird is very sharp.

Words with similar meanings

口kǒu
mouth
More general term for mouth, can refer to a mouth in various contexts.

Words Starting With 嘴

嘴唇zuǐ chún
lip

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