HSK 5 · Family

吻 wěn “kiss” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吻 means

  1. kiss
  2. mouth

How to say 吻

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale吻wěn3rd tone, dipping

吻 in a sentence

  1. 我可以吻你吗？

    Wǒ kěyǐ wěn nǐ ma?

    May I kiss you?

    Sentence #3699922 from Tatoeba

  2. 她在他的脸颊上吻了一下。

    Tā zài tā de liǎnjiá shàng wěn le yíxià.

    She kissed him on the cheek.

    Sentence #1501622 from Tatoeba

  3. 她给了他一个温柔的吻。

    Tā gěi le tā yí ge wēnróu de wěn.

    She gave him a tender kiss.

    Sentence #805593 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 吻 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 吻 (wěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
吻wěnkiss
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wùSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 勿 (wù) hints at the sound. Compare it with wěn.

How to write 吻

吻 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 吻

More words: People, Body & Health

身份shēnfèn · identity双方shuāngfāng · both sides太太tàitai · wife外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)兄弟xiōngdì · brothers英雄yīngxióng · hero拥抱yōngbào · to embrace长辈zhǎngbèi · elder

FAQs

吻 (wěn) means “kiss” or “mouth”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wěn: wěn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吻 from the suggestions. Typing wen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吻 is an HSK 5 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.