to grin; to open mouth wide

Animated Stroke Order 咧

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Stroke Order Diagrams 咧

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
téng
liě
zuǐ
jiào
le
lái

He grimaced and cried out in pain

2
bié
tīng
xiā
liē
liē
méi
zhēn
de

Don't listen to his nonsense, none of it is true

3
hǎo
liē
shàng
jiù
lái

Okay, I'll be right there

4
liě
zuǐ
xiào
le

He grinned.

5
kàn
dào
xiǎo
gǒu
de
huá
dòng
zuò
rěn
zhù
liě
zuǐ
xiào

Seeing the puppy's funny antics, she couldn't help but grin widely.

6
téng
tòng
ràng
jué
liě
zuǐ
dàn
hái
shì
jiān
chí
wán
chéng
le
sài

The pain made him grimace involuntarily, but he still persevered and finished the race.

7
liē
liē
zǒu
jìn
jiào
shì

He walked into the classroom in a carefree manner.

8
liē
liē
de
xìng
ràng
jiāo
dào
le
hěn
duō
péng
yǒu

Her easygoing personality helped her make many friends.

9
jǐn
guǎn
liē
liē
de
dàn
zài
zhòng
yào
shì
qíng
shàng
cóng

Although he is usually casual and careless, he never slacks off on important matters.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes9
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2075
Zhuyinㄌㄧㄝ
Components
UnicodeU+54A7
CangjieRMFH
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality

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