嚼
HSK 7freq #8347
Meanings
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- 1.to chew
- 2.also pr. [jué]
- 1.used in 倒嚼[dǎo jiào]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to chew; to masticate; to crunch
- 2.to chatter; to prattle; to talk incessantly (used mainly in compounds)
- 3.to be fond of talking; to chatter
- 4.paiban (played by hitting it on one's palm or knee)
- 5.sound of a paiban
- 6.to play the paiban
- 7.to jump in a bouncing way like a rabbit
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zewɢ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 爵 (OC *ʔsewɢ). Schuessler (2003) links this word with Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ (“to eat”). Also compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ (“to eat”).
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Components
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Example sentences
我嚼口香糖。
I chew gum.
我嚼口香糖。
I'm chewing gum.
湯姆嚼鉛筆。
Tom chewed on his pencil.
我不太能嚼東西。
I have difficulty chewing.
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Derived terms
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