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"the lips" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
呡 wěn the corners of the mouth / the lips
Chinese Pinyin Translation
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
封口 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed
口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn
闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
唇舌 chún shé argument / words / lips and tongue syn
嘴皮子 zuǐ pí zi lit. lips / fig. glib talk syn
嘴快 zuǐ kuài to have loose lips syn
吧嗒 bā da (onom.) patter, splatter, click / to smack one's lips / to pull (on a pipe) syn
传诵 傳誦 chuán sòng widely known / on everyone's lips syn
唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn
努嘴 nǔ zuǐ to pout / to stick out one's lips syn
咂 zā to sip / to smack one's lips / to taste / to savor syn
唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent syn
歃血 shà xuè to smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)
驴唇不对马嘴 驢唇不對馬嘴 lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous syn
歃血为盟 歃血為盟 shà xuè wéi méng to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom) / to swear a sacred oath syn
皴裂 cūn liè (of lips, skin etc) to chap syn
紧绷绷 緊繃繃 jǐn bēng bēng tight / stretched / (face, lips) taut / strained syn
点头咂嘴 點頭咂嘴 diǎn tóu zā zuǐ to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)
咬唇妆 咬唇妝 yǎo chún zhuāng bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
香肠嘴 香腸嘴 xiāng cháng zuǐ swollen lips / overly plump lips
努出 nǔ chū to extend / to push out (hands as a gesture) / to pout (i.e. push out lips)
动嘴皮 動嘴皮 dòng zuǐ pí to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue
吧唧 bā ji to smack one's lips syn
吧唧吧唧 bā ji bā ji (onom.) smacking the lips
唇印 chún yìn lips-mark / hickey
沾唇 zhān chún to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff
满嘴起疱 滿嘴起皰 mǎn zuǐ qǐ pào to have lips covered in blisters
皓齿朱唇 皓齒硃唇 hào chǐ zhū chún white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom) / lovely young woman
磨破嘴皮子 mó pò zuǐ pí zi to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
口嫌体正直 口嫌體正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
口嫌体直 口嫌體直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2])
皲裂 皸裂 jūn liè (of lips, skin etc) to chap syn
丰唇 豐唇 fēng chún to augment lip volume (through cosmetic surgery or injections) / plump lips
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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