嘴

zuǐ

mouth, lips

How to write 嘴, stroke by stroke

mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc)

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 觜

Made of 口 + 觜

闭嘴bì zuǐShut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴
嘴里zuǐ lǐmouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
嘴巴zuǐ bamouth (张); slap in the face (个)
嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip
住嘴zhù zuǐto hold one's tongue; Shut up!
张嘴zhāng zuǐto open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape
多嘴duō zuǐtalkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly
满嘴mǎn zuǐa full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
插嘴chā zuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
大嘴巴dà zuǐ babigmouth; blabbermouth
顶嘴dǐng zuǐto talk back; to answer back
亲嘴qīn zuǐto kiss (on the mouth)

他张开了嘴巴说不出话来。
tā zhāng kāi le zuǐ ba shuō bù chū huà lái 。
He was in open-mouthed amazement.
嘴里有东西的时候不准说话。
zuǐ lǐ yǒu dōng xī de shí hòu bù zhǔn shuō huà 。
You must not speak with your mouth full.
你可以闭嘴吗？
nǐ kě yǐ bì zuǐ ma ？
Can you please shut up?
每年冬天，我的嘴唇都会干裂。
měi nián dōng tiān ， wǒ de zuǐ chún dōu huì gān liè 。
I get chapped lips every winter.
不要把两个舌头放在一张嘴。
bú yào bǎ liǎng gè shé tou fàng zài yì zhāng zuǐ 。
Keep not two tongues in one mouth.