嚼 (zoek3 ziu6 zeu6 | jiao2 jue2 jiao4) : chew, munch

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嚼

zoek3 ziu6 zeu6

jiao2 jue2 jiao4

[粵] zoek3 ziu6 zeu6 [國] jiao2 jue2
chew; munch; crunch; masticate

[粵] ziu6 [國] jiao4
ruminate; chew the cud

1. Jyutping zoek3 is literary reading.
2. Both ziu6 and zeu6 are colloquial readings, with ziu6 as the standard. They have a variant form 噍.
3. Pinyin jiao2 is standard reading; jue2 is used mainly in literary context.
4. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嚼

This word has been viewed 4951 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 18th Jun 2007 05:00 and last edited on 24th Jan 2014 14:38

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咬文嚼字 ngaau5 man4 zoek3 zi6 yao3 wen2 jiao2 zi4 = to pay excessive attention to wording

咀嚼 zeoi2 zoek3 ju3 jue2 = to chew; to masticate

牛嚼牡丹 ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1 = unappreciative of sth worthwhile 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 嚼
Unicode code for this character: U+56bc (off-site link)

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