English
- prattle, be glib
- to chew
- used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]
- also pr. [jue2]
- to chew; to masticate
粵語
- 用牙咬碎食物
Words containing 嚼
- 咀嚼zeoi2 zoek3
to chew
- 倒嚼dou2 zoek3
(of cows) to ruminate
- 咬嚼ngaau5 zoek3
to chew
- 嚼舌zoek3 sit3
to gossip
- 嚼蠟zoek3 laap6
insipid
- 嚼舌頭zoek3 sit3 tau4
to gossip
- 嚼子zoek3 zi2
bit
- 嚼頭zoek3 tau4
chewiness
- 嚼酒zoek3 zau2
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
- 嚼勁zoek3 ging6
chewiness
- 嚼舌根zoek3 sit3 gan1
to gossip
- 嚼勁兒zoek3 ging6 ji4
chewiness
- 咀嚼肌zeoi2 zoek3 gei1
(anatomy) muscles of mastication
- 牛嚼牡丹ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1
to not have the palate for refined food
- 口嚼酒hau2 zoek3 zau2
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
- 嚼不爛zoek3 bat1 laan6
- 咬文嚼字ngaau5 man4 zoek3 zi6
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
- 味同嚼蠟mei6 tung4 zoek3 laap6
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- 細嚼慢嚥sai3 zoek3 maan6 jin3
to eat slowly (idiom)
- 貪多嚼不爛taam1 do1 zoek3 bat1 laan6
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
- 吃別人嚼過的饃不香hek3 bit6 jan4 zoek3 gwo3 dik1 mo4 bat1 hoeng1
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)