HSK 3 · Body

嘴 zuǐ “mouth” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嘴 means

  1. mouth
  2. beak
  3. nozzle
  4. spout (of teapot etc)

Measure word 张 zhāng or 个 gè · 一张嘴 yì zhāng zuǐ

How to say 嘴

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale嘴zuǐ3rd tone, dipping

嘴 in a sentence

  1. 把嘴张开！

    Bǎ zuǐ zhāngkāi!

    Open your mouth!

    Sentence #501554 from Tatoeba

  2. 嘴里有东西的时候不准说话。

    Zuǐ lǐ yǒu dōngxi de shíhou bùzhǔn shuōhuà.

    Don’t talk with your mouth full.

    Sentence #335276 from Tatoeba

  3. 他这个人嘴很严。

    Tā zhè ge rén zuǐ hěn yán.

    He knows how to keep a secret.

    Sentence #735325 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 嘴 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 嘴 (zuǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘴zuǐmouth
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 觜beak · zīSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 觜 (zī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zuǐ.

How to write 嘴

嘴 16 strokes

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

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

Words related to 嘴

Words with 嘴

嘴唇zuǐchún · lip

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FAQs

嘴 (zuǐ) means “mouth” or “beak”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it zuǐ: zuǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嘴 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 个 (gè). For example, one mouth is 一张嘴 (yì zhāng zuǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘴 from the suggestions. Typing zui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘴 is an HSK 3 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.