HSK 6 · Body

嘴唇 zuǐchún “lip” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嘴唇 means

  1. lip
  2. lips

Measure word 片 piàn · 一片嘴唇 yí piàn zuǐchún

How to say 嘴唇

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale嘴zuǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale唇chún2nd tone, rising

嘴唇 in a sentence

  1. 你的嘴唇上有东西。

    Nǐ de zuǐchún shàng yǒu dōngxi.

    You’ve got something on your lip.

    Sentence #10734972 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的嘴唇很漂亮。

    Nǐ de zuǐchún hěn piàoliang.

    You have beautiful lips.

    Sentence #4147377 from Tatoeba

  3. 每年冬天，我的嘴唇都会干裂。

    Měinián dōngtiān, wǒ de zuǐchún dōu huì gānliè.

    I get chapped lips every winter.

    Sentence #3667864 from Tatoeba

How 嘴唇 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.

The character 唇 (chún) with each of its parts in a different colour
唇chúnlip
  • 辰morning · chénSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 辰 (chén) hints at the sound. Compare it with chún.

How to write 嘴唇

嘴 16 strokes · 唇 10 strokes

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

Words related to 嘴唇

Words with 嘴

嘴zuǐ · mouth

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FAQs

嘴唇 (zuǐchún) means “lip” or “lips”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zuǐchún: zuǐ with a 3rd tone, then chún with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嘴唇 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 片 (piàn). For example, one lip is 一片嘴唇 (yí piàn zuǐchún).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuichun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘴唇 from the suggestions. Typing zuichun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘴唇 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.