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咀

jǔ
verb #32,383

Meanings

  1. 1 to chew
  2. 2 to masticate
  3. 3 to savor (figurative)

Examples

请细细咀嚼食物。
Qǐng xìxì jǔjué shíwù.
Please chew your food carefully.
这首诗值得反复咀嚼。
Zhè shǒu shī zhídé fǎnfù jǔjué.
This poem is worth chewing over again and again.

Tips

mistakes
咀 has two readings: jǔ ('to chew', the standard one — found in 咀嚼 jǔjué) and zuǐ (a popular variant of 嘴 'mouth', mostly seen in Cantonese place names like 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui). On the mainland, jǔ is the only reading you usually need.

Stroke Order

咀 jǔ