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咧嘴 (liě zuǐ): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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咧嘴 (liě zuǐ): Grin / smile broadly (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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咧嘴 consists of 2 characters.

to grin; to open mouth wide

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Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 咧嘴 with other words naturally.

Verb + Adverbwith大笑

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

dà大

xiào笑

neutral

grin broadly

Idiomwith龇牙

zī龇

yá牙

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

Verb + Complement

téng疼

de得

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

neutral

grimace in pain

Example Sentences with 咧嘴

tā他

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

xiào笑

le了

。

He grinned.

neutral

bare one's teeth and grimace

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

yī一

xiào笑

neutral

grin

tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

hǎo好

xiāo消

xī息

，

tā他

kāi开

xīn心

dé得

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

xiào笑

le了

qǐ起

lái来

。

Hearing the good news, he grinned happily.

zài在

bān颁

jiǎng奖

diǎn典

lǐ礼

shàng上

，

huò获

jiǎng奖

zhě者

jī激

dòng动

dì地

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

zhì致

yì意

。

At the award ceremony, the winner grinned excitedly in acknowledgment.

Show 5 More Sentences

kàn看

dào到

xiǎo小

gǒu狗

de的

huá滑

jī稽

dòng动

zuò作

，

tā她

rěn忍

bú不

zhù住

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

dà大

xiào笑

。

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

nǐ你

wèi为

shén什

me么

tū突

rán然

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

，

jǐn尽

guǎn管

hěn很

téng疼

，

tā他

què却

méi没

yǒu有

liě

téng疼

tòng痛

ràng让

tā他

bù不

zì自

jué觉

dì地

liě咧

tā他

yì一

biān边

liě咧

zuǐ嘴

xiào笑

zhe着

，

yì一

biān

shì

是

xiǎng想

dào到

shén什

me么

yǒu有

qù趣

de的

shì事

le了

ma吗

？

Why did you suddenly grin? Did you think of something funny?

咧

zuǐ嘴

，

zhǐ只

shì是

mò默

mò默

rěn忍

nài耐

zhe着

。

Despite the pain, he did not grimace, but endured it silently.

zuǐ

嘴

，

dàn但

tā他

hái还

shì是

jiān坚

chí持

wán完

chéng成

le了

bǐ比

sài赛

。

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

边

jiǎng讲

shù述

zhe着

nà那

duàn段

mào冒

xiǎn险

jīng经

lì历

。

He grinned while recounting that adventurous experience.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 咧嘴.

Words with 咧

大大咧咧dà da liē liē

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嘴巴zuǐ ba
插嘴chā zuǐ
瘪嘴biě zuǐ
鹤嘴镐hè zuǐ hào
七嘴八舌qī zuǐ bā shé