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嚼
jiáo
1. to chew
2. also pr. <jué>
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 20 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

嚼
jué
to prattle, to be glib
HSK 6 20 丶

Compound Words (11)

倒嚼
dǎojiáo
to ruminate (of cows)
咬嚼
yǎojiáo
to chew
嚼子
jiáozi
bit
嚼舌
jiáoshé
to gossip
嚼蜡
jiáolà
insipid
嚼舌根
jiáoshégēn
to gossip
嚼舌头
jiáoshétóu
to gossip
细嚼慢咽
xìjiáomànyàn
to eat slowly (idiom)
味同嚼蜡
wèitóngjiáolà
tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎowénjiáozì
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
贪多嚼不烂
tānduōjiáobùlàn
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,730
Word Frequency Rank
2,787 of 84,292

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