嚼

jiáo

verb HSK 7 #4,826

Meanings

1 to chew
2 to munch

Characters

Examples

吃饭要细嚼慢咽。

Chīfàn yào xì jiáo màn yàn.

When eating, you should chew carefully and swallow slowly.

他在嚼口香糖。

Tā zài jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng.

He is chewing gum.

Tips

mistakes

嚼 has two pronunciations: jiáo (everyday: 嚼口香糖) and jué (formal/literary: 咀嚼 jǔjué). In daily speech, use jiáo.

memory

嚼 has the mouth radical 口 on the left — chewing is done with the mouth.

Stroke Order

嚼 jiáo