pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
嘴 
嘴 
zui3 
 
 
mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) 
 
 
strokes 
16 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
12 
 
安抚奶嘴 
安撫奶嘴 
an1 fu3 nai3 zui3 
 
 
(baby's) pacifier 
 
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 
白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 
bai2 ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) 
 
白翅交嘴雀 
白翅交嘴雀 
bai2 chi4 jiao1 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) 
 
白嘴端凤头燕鸥 
白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗 
bai2 zui3 duan1 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 
 
斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 
斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 
ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos) 
 
斑胸钩嘴鹛 
斑胸鉤嘴鶥 
ban1 xiong1 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) black-streaked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus gravivox) 
 
斑嘴鹈鹕 
斑嘴鵜鶘 
ban1 zui3 ti2 hu2 
 
 
(bird species of China) spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) 
 
斑嘴鸭 
斑嘴鴨 
ban1 zui3 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 
 
拌嘴 
拌嘴 
ban4 zui3 
 
 
to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel 
 
拌嘴斗舌 
拌嘴鬥舌 
ban4 zui3 dou4 she2 
 
 
to quarrel 
 
笨嘴笨舌 
笨嘴笨舌 
ben4 zui3 ben4 she2 
 
 
clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate 
 
笨嘴拙腮 
笨嘴拙腮 
ben4 zui3 zhuo1 sai1 
 
 
see 笨嘴拙舌 
 
笨嘴拙舌 
笨嘴拙舌 
ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2 
 
 
clumsy in speech; poor speaker 
 
闭上嘴巴 
閉上嘴巴 
bi4 shang5 zui3 ba1 
 
 
Shut up! 
 
闭嘴 
閉嘴 
bi4 zui3 
 
 
Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 
 
扁嘴海雀 
扁嘴海雀 
bian3 zui3 hai3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) 
 
别嘴 
彆嘴 
bie4 zui3 
 
 
mouthful (awkward speech); tongue-twister 
 
驳嘴 
駁嘴 
bo2 zui3 
 
 
(dialect) to argue; to quarrel 
 
插嘴 
插嘴 
cha1 zui3 
 
 
to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation 
 
馋嘴 
饞嘴 
chan2 zui3 
 
 
gluttonous; glutton 
 
馋嘴蛙 
饞嘴蛙 
chan2 zui3 wa1 
 
 
sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce 
 
长尾阔嘴鸟 
長尾闊嘴鳥 
chang2 wei3 kuo4 zui3 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) 
 
长嘴百灵 
長嘴百靈 
chang2 zui3 bai3 ling2 
 
 
(bird species of China) Tibetan lark (Melanocorypha maxima) 
 
长嘴捕蛛鸟 
長嘴捕蛛鳥 
chang2 zui3 bu3 zhu1 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) 
 
长嘴地鸫 
長嘴地鶇 
chang2 zui3 di4 dong1 
 
 
(bird species of China) dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) 
 
长嘴钩嘴鹛 
長嘴鉤嘴鶥 
chang2 zui3 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) large scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus hypoleucos) 
 
长嘴剑鸻 
長嘴劍鴴 
chang2 zui3 jian4 heng2 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus) 
 
长嘴鹩鹛 
長嘴鷯鶥 
chang2 zui3 liao2 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-billed wren-babbler (Rimator malacoptilus) 
 
长嘴鹬 
長嘴鷸 
chang2 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 
 
吵嘴 
吵嘴 
chao3 zui3 
 
 
to quarrel 
 
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短 
吃人家的嘴軟,拿人家的手短 
chi1 ren2 jia1 de5 zui3 ruan3 - na2 ren2 jia1 de5 shou3 duan3 
 
 
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom); fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted 
 
赤嘴潜鸭 
赤嘴潛鴨 
chi4 zui3 qian2 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) 
 
抽嘴巴 
抽嘴巴 
chou1 zui3 ba5 
 
 
to slap 
 
搭嘴 
搭嘴 
da1 zui3 
 
 
to answer 
 
打嘴 
打嘴 
da3 zui3 
 
 
to slap sb's face; to slap one's own face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast 
 
打嘴巴 
打嘴巴 
da3 zui3 ba5 
 
 
to slap 
 
大长嘴地鸫 
大長嘴地鶇 
da4 chang2 zui3 di4 dong1 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola) 
 
大嘴鸟 
大嘴鳥 
da4 zui3 niao3 
 
 
toucan 
 
大嘴乌鸦 
大嘴烏鴉 
da4 zui3 wu1 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) 
 
刀子嘴,豆腐心 
刀子嘴,豆腐心 
dao1 zi5 zui3 - dou4 fu5 xin1 
 
 
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom) 
 
刀子嘴巴,豆腐心 
刀子嘴巴,豆腐心 
dao1 zi5 zui3 ba5 - dou4 fu5 xin1 
 
 
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart 
 
点头咂嘴 
點頭咂嘴 
dian3 tou2 za1 zui3 
 
 
to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom) 
 
顶嘴 
頂嘴 
ding3 zui3 
 
 
to talk back; to answer back 
 
动嘴 
動嘴 
dong4 zui3 
 
 
to talk 
 
动嘴皮 
動嘴皮 
dong4 zui3 pi2 
 
 
to move one's lips; to wag one's tongue 
 
动嘴皮儿 
動嘴皮兒 
dong4 zui3 pi2 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 動嘴皮|动嘴皮 
 
动嘴皮子 
動嘴皮子 
dong4 zui3 pi2 zi5 
 
 
see 動嘴皮|动嘴皮 
 
逗嘴 
逗嘴 
dou4 zui3 
 
 
to banter 
 
斗嘴 
鬥嘴 
dou4 zui3 
 
 
to quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee 
 
嘟着嘴 
嘟著嘴 
du1 zhe5 zui3 
 
 
to pout 
 
短嘴豆雁 
短嘴豆雁 
duan3 zui3 dou4 yan4 
 
 
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris) 
 
短嘴金丝燕 
短嘴金絲燕 
duan3 zui3 jin1 si1 yan4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris) 
 
短嘴山椒鸟 
短嘴山椒鳥 
duan3 zui3 shan1 jiao1 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris) 
 
对嘴 
對嘴 
dui4 zui3 
 
 
to lip-sync 
 
多嘴 
多嘴 
duo1 zui3 
 
 
talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly 
 
多嘴多舌 
多嘴多舌 
duo1 zui3 duo1 she2 
 
 
to gossip and meddle; to shoot one's mouth off; talkative 
 
翻嘴 
翻嘴 
fan1 zui3 
 
 
to withdraw a remark; to quarrel 
 
反嘴 
反嘴 
fan3 zui3 
 
 
to answer back; to contradict; to renege; to go back on one's word 
 
反嘴鹬 
反嘴鷸 
fan3 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 
 
凤头雀嘴鹎 
鳳頭雀嘴鵯 
feng4 tou2 que4 zui3 bei1 
 
 
(bird species of China) crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) 
 
改嘴 
改嘴 
gai3 zui3 
 
 
to deny; to go back on one's word 
 
钩嘴林䴗 
鉤嘴林鶪 
gou1 zui3 lin2 ju2 
 
 
(bird species of China) large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus) 
 
钩嘴圆尾鹱 
鉤嘴圓尾鸌 
gou1 zui3 yuan2 wei3 hu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pterodroma rostrata) 
 
狗嘴里吐不出象牙 
狗嘴裏吐不出象牙 
gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2 
 
 
no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom); no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel 
 
箍嘴 
箍嘴 
gu1 zui3 
 
 
to muzzle 
 
挂在嘴边 
掛在嘴邊 
gua4 zai4 zui3 bian1 
 
 
to keep saying (sth) over and over 
 
挂在嘴上 
掛在嘴上 
gua4 zai5 zui3 shang5 
 
 
to pay lip service to; to keep mentioning (without doing anything); to blather on about sth 
 
鹳嘴翡翠 
鸛嘴翡翠 
guan4 zui3 fei3 cui4 
 
 
(bird species of China) stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) 
 
光动嘴 
光動嘴 
guang1 dong4 zui3 
 
 
empty talk; mere rhetoric; palaver 
 
过滤嘴香烟 
過濾嘴香煙 
guo4 lv4 zui3 xiang1 yan1 
 
 
filter-tipped cigarette 
 
合不拢嘴 
合不攏嘴 
he2 bu4 long3 zui3 
 
 
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear; mouth agape; gobsmacked 
 
鹤嘴锄 
鶴嘴鋤 
he4 zui3 chu2 
 
 
pickax 
 
黑头蜡嘴雀 
黑頭蠟嘴雀 
hei1 tou2 la4 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) 
 
黑尾蜡嘴雀 
黑尾蠟嘴雀 
hei1 wei3 la4 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) 
 
黑嘴 
黑嘴 
hei1 zui3 
 
 
stock market manipulator 
 
黑嘴端凤头燕鸥 
黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗 
hei1 zui3 duan1 feng4 tou2 yan4 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) 
 
黑嘴鸥 
黑嘴鷗 
hei1 zui3 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Saunders's gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi) 
 
黑嘴松鸡 
黑嘴鬆雞 
hei1 zui3 song1 ji1 
 
 
(bird species of China) black-billed capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides) 
 
红交嘴雀 
紅交嘴雀 
hong2 jiao1 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 
 
红嘴钩嘴鹛 
紅嘴鉤嘴鶥 
hong2 zui3 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) coral-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus) 
 
红嘴巨鸥 
紅嘴巨鷗 
hong2 zui3 ju4 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 
 
红嘴蓝鹊 
紅嘴藍鵲 
hong2 zui3 lan2 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) 
 
红嘴椋鸟 
紅嘴椋鳥 
hong2 zui3 liang2 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) 
 
红嘴鹲 
紅嘴鸏 
hong2 zui3 meng2 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) 
 
红嘴鸥 
紅嘴鷗 
hong2 zui3 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 
 
红嘴山鸦 
紅嘴山鴉 
hong2 zui3 shan1 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) 
 
红嘴相思鸟 
紅嘴相思鳥 
hong2 zui3 xiang1 si1 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) 
 
红嘴鸦雀 
紅嘴鴉雀 
hong2 zui3 ya1 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) great parrotbill (Conostoma oemodium) 
 
厚嘴绿鸠 
厚嘴綠鳩 
hou4 zui3 lv4 jiu1 
 
 
(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) 
 
厚嘴苇莺 
厚嘴葦鶯 
hou4 zui3 wei3 ying1 
 
 
(bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Phragamaticola aedon) 
 
厚嘴啄花鸟 
厚嘴啄花鳥 
hou4 zui3 zhuo2 hua1 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile) 
 
糊嘴 
糊嘴 
hu2 zui3 
 
 
to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty 
 
华南斑胸钩嘴鹛 
華南斑胸鉤嘴鶥 
hua2 nan2 ban1 xiong1 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus swinhoei) 
 
话到嘴边 
話到嘴邊 
hua4 dao4 zui3 bian1 
 
 
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind 
 
话到嘴边留三分 
話到嘴邊留三分 
hua4 dao4 zui3 bian1 liu2 san1 fen1 
 
 
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom) 
 
还嘴 
還嘴 
huan2 zui3 
 
 
to retort; to answer back 
 
鹮嘴鹬 
䴉嘴鷸 
huan2 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii) 
 
黄颈拟蜡嘴雀 
黃頸擬蠟嘴雀 
huang2 jing3 ni3 la4 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis) 
 
黄嘴白鹭 
黃嘴白鷺 
huang2 zui3 bai2 lu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) 
 
黄嘴河燕鸥 
黃嘴河燕鷗 
huang2 zui3 he2 yan4 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) river tern (Sterna aurantia) 
 
黄嘴角鸮 
黃嘴角鴞 
huang2 zui3 jiao3 xiao1 
 
 
(bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus) 
 
黄嘴蓝鹊 
黃嘴藍鵲 
huang2 zui3 lan2 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) 
 
黄嘴栗啄木鸟 
黃嘴栗啄木鳥 
huang2 zui3 li4 zhuo2 mu4 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) 
 
黄嘴潜鸟 
黃嘴潛鳥 
huang2 zui3 qian2 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) 
 
黄嘴山鸦 
黃嘴山鴉 
huang2 zui3 shan1 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) 
 
黄嘴朱顶雀 
黃嘴朱頂雀 
huang2 zui3 zhu1 ding3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris) 
 
急嘴急舌 
急嘴急舌 
ji2 zui3 ji2 she2 
 
 
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue; fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece; to chime in rapidly 
 
尖嘴鱼 
尖嘴魚 
jian1 zui3 yu2 
 
 
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius) 
 
剪嘴鸥 
剪嘴鷗 
jian3 zui3 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) 
 
剑嘴鹛 
劍嘴鶥 
jian4 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris) 
 
强嘴 
強嘴 
jiang4 zui3 
 
 
to talk back; to reply defiantly 
 
角嘴海雀 
角嘴海雀 
jiao3 zui3 hai3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) 
 
巨嘴短翅莺 
巨嘴短翅鶯 
ju4 zui3 duan3 chi4 ying1 
 
 
(bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major) 
 
巨嘴柳莺 
巨嘴柳鶯 
ju4 zui3 liu3 ying1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) 
 
巨嘴鸟 
巨嘴鳥 
ju4 zui3 niao3 
 
 
toucan 
 
巨嘴沙雀 
巨嘴沙雀 
ju4 zui3 sha1 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta) 
 
噘嘴 
噘嘴 
jue1 zui3 
 
 
to pout (to express anger or displeasure) 
 
撅嘴 
撅嘴 
jue1 zui3 
 
 
to pout 
 
快嘴 
快嘴 
kuai4 zui3 
 
 
unable to keep one's thoughts to oneself; blabbermouth 
 
宽嘴鹟莺 
寬嘴鶲鶯 
kuan1 zui3 weng1 ying1 
 
 
(bird species of China) broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni) 
 
阔嘴鹬 
闊嘴鷸 
kuo4 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) broad-billed sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) 
 
咧开嘴笑 
咧開嘴笑 
lie3 kai1 zui3 xiao4 
 
 
to laugh 
 
咧嘴 
咧嘴 
lie3 zui3 
 
 
to grin 
 
零嘴 
零嘴 
ling2 zui3 
 
 
nibbles; snacks between meals 
 
领雀嘴鹎 
領雀嘴鵯 
ling3 que4 zui3 bei1 
 
 
(bird species of China) collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) 
 
笼嘴 
籠嘴 
long2 zui3 
 
 
muzzle (device) 
 
驴唇不对马嘴 
驢唇不對馬嘴 
lv2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3 
 
 
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom); fig. beside the point; incongruous 
 
绿宽嘴鸫 
綠寬嘴鶇 
lv4 kuan1 zui3 dong1 
 
 
(bird species of China) green cochoa (Cochoa viridis) 
 
滤嘴 
濾嘴 
lv4 zui3 
 
 
cigarette filter 
 
绿嘴地鹃 
綠嘴地鵑 
lv4 zui3 di4 juan1 
 
 
(bird species of China) green-billed malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) 
 
满嘴 
滿嘴 
man3 zui3 
 
 
a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) 
 
满嘴跑火车 
滿嘴跑火車 
man3 zui3 pao3 huo3 che1 
 
 
(idiom) to have a glib tongue; to talk big 
 
满嘴跑舌头 
滿嘴跑舌頭 
man3 zui3 pao3 she2 tou5 
 
 
to talk without thinking; to drivel 
 
满嘴喷粪 
滿嘴噴糞 
man3 zui3 pen1 fen4 
 
 
to talk bullshit 
 
满嘴起疱 
滿嘴起皰 
man3 zui3 qi3 pao4 
 
 
to have lips covered in blisters 
 
咪嘴 
咪嘴 
mi1 zui3 
 
 
to lip-sync 
 
名嘴 
名嘴 
ming2 zui3 
 
 
popular TV or radio host 
 
磨破嘴皮 
磨破嘴皮 
mo2 po4 zui3 pi2 
 
 
to talk until one is blue in the face 
 
磨破嘴皮子 
磨破嘴皮子 
mo2 po4 zui3 pi2 zi5 
 
 
to wear out one's lips (idiom); to talk until one is blue in the face; to repeat again and again 
 
磨嘴 
磨嘴 
mo2 zui3 
 
 
to argue pointlessly; to talk incessant nonsense; to blather 
 
磨嘴皮子 
磨嘴皮子 
mo2 zui3 pi2 zi5 
 
 
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather; to talk incessant nonsense; blah blah 
 
奶嘴 
奶嘴 
nai3 zui3 
 
 
nipple (on a baby's bottle); pacifier 
 
奶嘴儿 
奶嘴兒 
nai3 zui3 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 奶嘴 
 
鸟嘴 
鳥嘴 
niao3 zui3 
 
 
beak 
 
牛头不对马嘴 
牛頭不對馬嘴 
niu2 tou2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3 
 
 
see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴 
 
弄嘴弄舌 
弄嘴弄舌 
nong4 zui3 nong4 she2 
 
 
to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom) 
 
努嘴 
努嘴 
nu3 zui3 
 
 
to pout; to stick out one's lips 
 
努嘴儿 
努嘴兒 
nu3 zui3 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 努嘴 
 
鸥嘴噪鸥 
鷗嘴噪鷗 
ou1 zui3 zao4 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) 
 
喷嘴 
噴嘴 
pen1 zui3 
 
 
nozzle; extrusion nozzle 
 
喷嘴儿 
噴嘴兒 
pen1 zui3 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 噴嘴|喷嘴 
 
琵嘴鸭 
琵嘴鴨 
pi2 zui3 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) 
 
撇嘴 
撇嘴 
pie3 zui3 
 
 
to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth 
 
贫嘴 
貧嘴 
pin2 zui3 
 
 
talkative; garrulous; loquacious; flippant; jocular 
 
贫嘴薄舌 
貧嘴薄舌 
pin2 zui3 bo2 she2 
 
 
garrulous and sharp-tongued 
 
贫嘴滑舌 
貧嘴滑舌 
pin2 zui3 hua2 she2 
 
 
garrulous and sharp-tongued 
 
七嘴八舌 
七嘴八舌 
qi1 zui3 ba1 she2 
 
 
lively discussion with everybody talking at once 
 
七嘴八张 
七嘴八張 
qi1 zui3 ba1 zhang1 
 
 
see 七嘴八舌 
 
钳嘴鹳 
鉗嘴鸛 
qian2 zui3 guan4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) 
 
翘嘴鹬 
翹嘴鷸 
qiao2 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 
 
亲嘴 
親嘴 
qin1 zui3 
 
 
to kiss (on the mouth) 
 
轻嘴薄舌 
輕嘴薄舌 
qing1 zui3 bo2 she2 
 
 
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued 
 
缺嘴 
缺嘴 
que1 zui3 
 
 
harelip 
 
绕嘴 
繞嘴 
rao4 zui3 
 
 
hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister 
 
山嘴 
山嘴 
shan1 zui3 
 
 
mountain spur 
 
勺嘴鹬 
勺嘴鷸 
shao2 zui3 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) 
 
石嘴山 
石嘴山 
shi2 zui3 shan1 
 
 
Shizuishan prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia 
 
石嘴山区 
石嘴山區 
shi2 zui3 shan1 qu1 
 
 
Shizuishan district of Shizuishan, Ningxia 
 
石嘴山市 
石嘴山市 
shi2 zui3 shan1 shi4 
 
 
Shizuishan prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia 
 
耍贫嘴 
耍貧嘴 
shua3 pin2 zui3 
 
 
(coll.) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly; to speak glibly 
 
耍嘴皮 
耍嘴皮 
shua3 zui3 pi2 
 
 
to show off with clever talk; big-headed; a smart-ass 
 
耍嘴皮子 
耍嘴皮子 
shua3 zui3 pi2 zi5 
 
 
to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk 
 
顺嘴 
順嘴 
shun4 zui3 
 
 
to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) 
 
顺嘴儿 
順嘴兒 
shun4 zui3 er5 
 
 
to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food) 
 
说溜嘴 
說溜嘴 
shuo1 liu1 zui3 
 
 
to make a slip of the tongue 
 
说漏嘴 
說漏嘴 
shuo1 lou4 zui3 
 
 
to blurt out; to let slip 
 
说嘴 
說嘴 
shuo1 zui3 
 
 
to boast 
 
松嘴 
鬆嘴 
song1 zui3 
 
 
see 鬆口|松口 
 
台湾斑胸钩嘴鹛 
臺灣斑胸鉤嘴鶥 
tai2 wan1 ban1 xiong1 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis) 
 
台湾棕颈钩嘴鹛 
臺灣棕頸鉤嘴鶥 
tai2 wan1 zong1 jing3 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus) 
 
贪嘴 
貪嘴 
tan1 zui3 
 
 
gluttonous 
 
调嘴 
調嘴 
tiao2 zui3 
 
 
to hold forth; to quibble 
 
调嘴学舌 
調嘴學舌 
tiao2 zui3 xue2 she2 
 
 
to incite trouble between people (idiom) 
 
挑嘴 
挑嘴 
tiao3 zui3 
 
 
to sow discord; picky about food 
 
铁嘴沙鸻 
鐵嘴沙鴴 
tie3 zui3 sha1 heng2 
 
 
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) 
 
歪嘴 
歪嘴 
wai1 zui3 
 
 
twisted mouth; wry mouth 
 
弯嘴滨鹬 
彎嘴濱鷸 
wan1 zui3 bin1 yu4 
 
 
(bird species of China) curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) 
 
围嘴 
圍嘴 
wei2 zui3 
 
 
(baby) bib 
 
乌鸦嘴 
烏鴉嘴 
wu1 ya1 zui3 
 
 
lit. crow's beak; fig. person who has made an inauspicious remark 
 
乌嘴柳莺 
烏嘴柳鶯 
wu1 zui3 liu3 ying1 
 
 
(bird species of China) large-billed leaf warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris) 
 
锡嘴雀 
錫嘴雀 
xi1 zui3 que4 
 
 
(bird species of China) hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) 
 
细嘴短趾百灵 
細嘴短趾百靈 
xi4 zui3 duan3 zhi3 bai3 ling2 
 
 
(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris) 
 
细嘴黄鹂 
細嘴黃鸝 
xi4 zui3 huang2 li2 
 
 
(bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) 
 
细嘴鸥 
細嘴鷗 
xi4 zui3 ou1 
 
 
(bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) 
 
小嘴鸻 
小嘴鴴 
xiao3 zui3 heng2 
 
 
(bird species of China) Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) 
 
小嘴乌鸦 
小嘴烏鴉 
xiao3 zui3 wu1 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) carrion crow (Corvus corone) 
 
楔嘴鹩鹛 
楔嘴鷯鶥 
xie1 zui3 liao2 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) Cachar wedge-billed babbler (Sphenocichla roberti) 
 
心直嘴快 
心直嘴快 
xin1 zhi2 zui3 kuai4 
 
 
frank and outspoken; straight speaking; to say what one thinks 
 
锈脸钩嘴鹛 
鏽臉鉤嘴鶥 
xiu4 lian3 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) 
 
絮嘴 
絮嘴 
xu4 zui3 
 
 
to chatter endlessly 
 
鸦嘴卷尾 
鴉嘴卷尾 
ya1 zui3 juan3 wei3 
 
 
(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectans) 
 
鸭嘴龙 
鴨嘴龍 
ya1 zui3 long2 
 
 
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 
 
鸭嘴兽 
鴨嘴獸 
ya1 zui3 shou4 
 
 
platypus 
 
银胸阔嘴鸟 
銀胸闊嘴鳥 
yin2 xiong1 kuo4 zui3 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus) 
 
印缅斑嘴鸭 
印緬斑嘴鴨 
yin4 mian3 ban1 zui3 ya1 
 
 
(bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 
 
樱桃小嘴 
櫻桃小嘴 
ying1 tao2 xiao3 zui3 
 
 
lit. cherry mouth (idiom); fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth 
 
鹰嘴豆 
鷹嘴豆 
ying1 zui3 dou4 
 
 
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean 
 
鹰嘴豆面粉 
鷹嘴豆麵粉 
ying1 zui3 dou4 mian4 fen3 
 
 
chickpea flour 
 
油嘴 
油嘴 
you2 zui3 
 
 
eloquent and cunning; silver tongued 
 
油嘴滑舌 
油嘴滑舌 
you2 zui3 hua2 she2 
 
 
glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking 
 
有嘴没舌 
有嘴沒舌 
you3 zui3 mo4 she2 
 
 
struck dumb; speechless 
 
有嘴无心 
有嘴無心 
you3 zui3 wu2 xin1 
 
 
to talk without any intention of acting on it; empty prattle 
 
鱼嘴鞋 
魚嘴鞋 
yu2 zui3 xie2 
 
 
open-toed shoe; peep-toe 
 
张嘴 
張嘴 
zhang1 zui3 
 
 
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape 
 
掌嘴 
掌嘴 
zhang3 zui3 
 
 
to slap 
 
住嘴 
住嘴 
zhu4 zui3 
 
 
to hold one's tongue; Shut up! 
 
拙嘴笨舌 
拙嘴笨舌 
zhuo1 zui3 ben4 she2 
 
 
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker 
 
呲牙咧嘴 
呲牙咧嘴 
zi1 ya2 lie3 zui3 
 
 
to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs 
 
龇牙咧嘴 
齜牙咧嘴 
zi1 ya2 lie3 zui3 
 
 
to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs 
 
紫颊直嘴太阳鸟 
紫頰直嘴太陽鳥 
zi3 jia2 zhi2 zui3 tai4 yang2 niao3 
 
 
(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) 
 
紫宽嘴鸫 
紫寬嘴鶇 
zi3 kuan1 zui3 dong1 
 
 
(bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea) 
 
棕颈钩嘴鹛 
棕頸鉤嘴鶥 
zong1 jing3 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis) 
 
棕头钩嘴鹛 
棕頭鉤嘴鶥 
zong1 tou2 gou1 zui3 mei2 
 
 
(bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) 
 
走嘴 
走嘴 
zou3 zui3 
 
 
a slip of the tongue; to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake) 
 
嘴巴 
嘴巴 
zui3 ba5 
 
 
mouth; slap in the face 
 
嘴巴子 
嘴巴子 
zui3 ba5 zi5 
 
 
slap 
 
嘴馋 
嘴饞 
zui3 chan2 
 
 
gluttonous; ravenous 
 
嘴敞 
嘴敞 
zui3 chang3 
 
 
to have a loose tongue; talkative 
 
嘴唇 
嘴唇 
zui3 chun2 
 
 
lip 
 
嘴乖 
嘴乖 
zui3 guai1 
 
 
(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way 
 
嘴尖 
嘴尖 
zui3 jian1 
 
 
sharp-tongued; to have a keen sense of taste; to be picky about one's food 
 
嘴角 
嘴角 
zui3 jiao3 
 
 
corner of the mouth 
 
嘴啃泥 
嘴啃泥 
zui3 ken3 ni2 
 
 
to fall flat on one's face 
 
嘴快 
嘴快 
zui3 kuai4 
 
 
to have loose lips 
 
嘴快心直 
嘴快心直 
zui3 kuai4 xin1 zhi2 
 
 
outspoken and frank (idiom) 
 
嘴牢 
嘴牢 
zui3 lao2 
 
 
tight-lipped 
 
嘴里 
嘴裡 
zui3 li3 
 
 
mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words 
 
嘴脸 
嘴臉 
zui3 lian3 
 
 
features, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance; countenance 
 
嘴皮子 
嘴皮子 
zui3 pi2 zi5 
 
 
lit. lips; fig. glib talk 
 
嘴琴 
嘴琴 
zui3 qin2 
 
 
Jew's harp 
 
嘴软 
嘴軟 
zui3 ruan3 
 
 
soft-spoken; afraid to speak out 
 
嘴上没毛,办事不牢 
嘴上沒毛,辦事不牢 
zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 - ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2 
 
 
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb) 
 
嘴上无毛,办事不牢 
嘴上無毛,辦事不牢 
zui3 shang4 wu2 mao2 - ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2 
 
 
see 嘴上沒毛,辦事不牢|嘴上没毛,办事不牢 
 
嘴松 
嘴鬆 
zui3 song1 
 
 
loose-tongued 
 
嘴损 
嘴損 
zui3 sun3 
 
 
(dialect) sharp-tongued; harsh 
 
嘴甜 
嘴甜 
zui3 tian2 
 
 
sweet-talking; ingratiating 
 
嘴甜心苦 
嘴甜心苦 
zui3 tian2 xin1 ku3 
 
 
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery 
 
嘴稳 
嘴穩 
zui3 wen3 
 
 
able to keep a secret 
 
嘴严 
嘴嚴 
zui3 yan2 
 
 
prudent in speech 
 
嘴硬 
嘴硬 
zui3 ying4 
 
 
reluctant to admit a mistake 
 
嘴硬心软 
嘴硬心軟 
zui3 ying4 xin1 ruan3 
 
 
see 刀子嘴,豆腐心 
 
嘴直 
嘴直 
zui3 zhi2 
 
 
straight shooter 
 
嘴子 
嘴子 
zui3 zi5 
 
 
mouth; beak; spout; mouthpiece