咧
liēlie
3 readings · tap one to hear it
to draw back the corners of one's mouth
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 咧
- Common rank
- #3,279
- Unicode
- U+54A7
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咧
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咧开嘴笑 | to laugh | |
| 大大咧咧 | (idiom) carefree; offhand; casual | |
| 咧嘴 | to draw back the corners of one's mouth (as when smiling, grimacing, or snarling) | |
| 呲牙咧嘴 | variant of 齜牙咧嘴|龇牙咧嘴[zi1 ya2 lie3 zui3] | |
| 龇牙咧嘴 | (idiom) to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl | |
| 骂骂咧咧 | to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed | |
| 咧咧 | (dialect) to cry; to whimper; (dialect) to talk drivel |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 列 — compare how they read.