嘴

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mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 觜 sound ( zī )

Components 口觜

orifice · Heisig RSH #1365

口 mouth + 此 this (literary) + safe

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有嘴无心	yǒu zuǐ wú xīn	to talk without any intention of acting on it; empty prattle
石嘴山市	Shí zuǐ shān Shì	Shizuishan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區\|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 x…
嘴巴子	zuǐ ba zi	slap
大嘴巴	dà zuǐ ba	bigmouth; blabbermouth
石嘴山	Shí zuǐ shān	see 石嘴山市[Shi2 zui3 shan1 Shi4]
动嘴皮子	dòng zuǐ pí zi	see 動嘴皮\|动嘴皮[dong4 zui3 pi2]
嘴子	zuǐ zi	mouth; beak; spout; mouthpiece
动嘴皮儿	dòng zuǐ pí r	erhua variant of 動嘴皮\|动嘴皮[dong4 zui3 pi2]
光动嘴	guāng dòng zuǐ	empty talk; mere rhetoric; palaver
山嘴	shān zuǐ	mountain spur
牛头不对马嘴	niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐ	see 驢唇不對馬嘴\|驴唇不对马嘴[lu : 2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3]
动嘴	dòng zuǐ	to talk
打嘴巴	dǎ zuǐ ba	to slap
嘴皮子	zuǐ pí zi	lit. lips; fig. glib talk
动嘴皮	dòng zuǐ pí	to move one's lips; to wag one's tongue
嘴里	zuǐ lǐ	mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
打嘴	dǎ zuǐ	to slap sb's face; to slap one's own face; fig. to fail to live up to a boast
多嘴	duō zuǐ	talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly
嘴巴	zuǐ ba	mouth (CL:張\|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
大嘴鸟	dà zuǐ niǎo	toucan