嘴

zuǐ · zui

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. mouth
  2. beak
  3. nozzle
  4. spout (of teapot etc)
  5. CL:張 / 张 (zhāng),個 / 个 (gè)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

土(tǔ)豆(dòu)太(tài)热(rè),以(yǐ)至(zhì)于(yú)烫(tàng)到(dào)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)嘴(zuǐ)。

The potato was so hot that it burned my mouth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by ryanthewired · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)朝(cháo)我(wǒ)丢(diū)葡(pú)萄(tao),我(wǒ)试(shì)着(zhe)用(yòng)嘴(zuǐ)接(jiē)住(zhù)它(tā)们(men)。

She tossed me grapes and I tried to catch them with my mouth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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