HSK 6 · Food

咀嚼 jǔjué “to chew” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 咀嚼 means

  1. to chew
  2. to think over

How to say 咀嚼

    咀嚼 in a sentence

    1. 我咀嚼困难。

      Wǒ jǔjué kùnnan.

      I have trouble chewing.

      Sentence #10540056 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

    2. 食物在吞咽前要经过咀嚼。

      Shíwù zài tūnyàn qián yào jīngguò jǔjué.

      Food should be chewed before being swallowed.

      Sentence #5617154 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

    How 咀嚼 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 咀 (jǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    咀jǔto chew
    • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
    • 且moreover · qiěSound part

    口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 嚼 (jiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
    嚼jiáoto chew
    • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
    • 爵noble · juéSound part

    口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 爵 (jué) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 咀嚼

    咀 8 strokes · 嚼 20 strokes

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    咀嚼 (jǔjué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 咀嚼 (jǔjué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 咀嚼

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    家常jiācháng · home-style煎jiān · to pan-fry搅拌jiǎobàn · to stir佳肴jiāyáo · fine dish可口kěkǒu · tasty狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyàn · to wolf down (food)烹饪pēngrèn · cooking品尝pǐncháng · to taste

    FAQs

    咀嚼 (jǔjué) means “to chew” or “to think over”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it jǔjué: jǔjué. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 咀嚼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jujue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 咀嚼 from the suggestions. Typing jujue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    咀嚼 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.