嘴

嘴 zuǐ in a sentence

Mouth

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 9 sentences

嘴 (zuǐ) means Mouth. Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

孩子的 嘴 很小。

Háizi de zuǐ hěn xiǎo.

The child has a small mouth.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 嘴

医生让他张开 嘴 。

Yīshēng ràng tā zhāngkāi zuǐ.

The doctor asked him to open his mouth.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 嘴

多 嘴 容易惹祸。

Duōzuǐ róngyì rěhuò.

Talking too much easily brings trouble.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惹祸

孩子舔了舔 嘴 唇。

Háizi tiǎn le tiǎn zuǐchún.

The child licked his lips.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舔

他惊讶得张大了 嘴 。

Tā jīngyà de zhāng dà le zuǐ.

He was so astonished his mouth fell open.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惊讶

他咬着 嘴 唇没有说话。

Tā yǎozhe zuǐchún méiyǒu shuōhuà.

He bit his lip and said nothing.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘴唇

他撇了撇 嘴 ,没说什么。

Tā piě le piě zuǐ, méi shuō shénme.

He curled his lip and said nothing.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 撇

天太干,她的 嘴 唇裂了。

Tiān tài gān, tā de zuǐchún liè le.

The air was so dry that her lips cracked.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘴唇

他 嘴 里叼着一根草,慢慢地走着。

Tā zuǐ lǐ diāozhe yì gēn cǎo, mànmàn de zǒuzhe.

He walked along slowly with a blade of grass in his mouth.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叼

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Words that contain 嘴

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Questions about 嘴

How is 嘴 used in a sentence?

This page shows 9 sentences using 嘴 (zuǐ, "Mouth"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 嘴 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 嘴 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 嘴 an HSK word?

Yes — 嘴 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 嘴?

The dictionary page for 嘴 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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