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启齿
啟齒
qǐchǐ
1. to open one's mouth
2. to start talking
Common • Top 20%

Character Breakdown

启
qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
HSK 5 7 丶
齿
chǐ
teeth; gears, cogs; age
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (2)

羞于启齿
xiūyúqǐchǐ
to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
难以启齿
nányǐqǐchǐ
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
17,244 of 84,292