唾
Tap the pinyin to hear it
saliva; to spit
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 唾
- Common rank
- #2,982
- Unicode
- U+553E
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 唾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唾手可得 | easily obtained; readily available | |
| 唾面自干 | to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the… | |
| 唾沫星子 | sputter | |
| 唾液腺 | salivary gland | |
| 唾余 | crumbs from the table of one's master; castoffs; bits of rubbish; idle talk; casual remark… | |
| 拾人涕唾 | to plagiarize (idiom) | |
| 唾液 | saliva | |
| 唾腺 | (anatomy) salivary gland | |
| 唾弃 | to spurn; to disdain | |
| 唾骂 | to spit on and curse; to revile | |
| 唾沫 | spittle; saliva | |
| 涕唾 | nasal mucus and spittle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 垂 — compare how they read.