打嘴 Chinese English dictionary 打嘴 translate 打嘴 pinyin

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打嘴

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
打嘴 dǎzuǐ	打嘴 \| 打嘴* \| *打嘴	to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
打	打 \| 打* \| *打	5画手扌 + 2	dǎ, dá	strike, hit, beat; fight; attack	daa2	5102.0 QMN


嘴	嘴 \| 嘴* \| *嘴	16画口 + 12	zuǐ	mouth, lips	zeoi2	6102.7 RYPB

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
打嘴 dǎzuǐ	打嘴 \| 打嘴* \| *打嘴	to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast


打 dá	打 \| 打* \| *打	(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]


打 dǎ	打 \| 打* \| *打	to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since


嘴　zuǐ	嘴 \| 嘴* \| *嘴	mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張｜张, 個｜个