唇
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lip
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 口 +7
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 唇
- Common rank
- #1,610
- Unicode
- U+5507
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Formation & memory
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Words with 唇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唇形科 | Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint | |
| 驴唇不对马嘴 | (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark; irr… | |
| 双唇音 | bilabial consonant (b, p, or m) | |
| 唇线笔 | lip liner | |
| 白费唇舌 | to whistle down the wind; to waste one's breath (idiom) | |
| 唇枪舌战 | see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4] | |
| 上唇 | upper lip; (entomology) labrum | |
| 下唇 | lower lip | |
| 唇齿音 | labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese) | |
| 齿唇音 | see 唇齒音|唇齿音[chun2 chi3 yin1] | |
| 唇音 | labial consonant | |
| 唇角 | corner of the mouth; labial angle | |
| 内唇 | epipharynx (entomology); inner part of the lip | |
| 唇齿相依 | lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related; interdependent | |
| 嘴唇 | lip; CL:片[pian4] | |
| 驴唇马嘴 | (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom); (fig.) wide of the mark; irre… | |
| 费唇舌 | to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining | |
| 唇印 | lips-mark; hickey | |
| 白唇鹿 | Cervus albirostris (white-lipped deer) | |
| 阴唇 | (anatomy) labia (of the vulva) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 辰 — compare how they read.