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咧
liě
1. to draw back the corners of one's mouth
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咧
liě
to grimace, to grin
9 丶

Compound Words (7)

咧咧
liēliē
(dialect) to cry
咧嘴
liězuǐ
to grin
大大咧咧
dàdàliēliē
carefree
骂骂咧咧
màmaliēliē
to swear while talking
龇牙咧嘴
zīyáliězuǐ
to grimace (in pain)
咧开嘴笑
liěkāizuǐxiào
to laugh
呲牙咧嘴
zīyáliězuǐ
to grimace (in pain)

Alternate Entries

咧
liē
see [[咧咧<liēliē>]]
咧
lie
modal particle expressing exclamation

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,740
Word Frequency Rank
4,947 of 84,292

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