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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 龇牙咧嘴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
龇牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ - to grimace (in pain)
- to show one's teeth
- to bare one's fangs

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 47,499 57,637 54,401

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- projecting teeth
- to bare one's teeth
- tooth
- ivory
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]
liē- used in 咧咧[lie1lie1]
- used in 大大咧咧[da4da4-lie1lie1]
- used in 罵罵咧咧|骂骂咧咧[ma4ma5-lie1lie1]
liě- to draw back the corners of one's mouth
lie- modal particle expressing exclamation
zuǐ- mouth
- beak
- nozzle
- spout (of teapot etc)
- CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 龇牙咧嘴

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
龇牙咧嘴 - - 47,499 57,637 54,401