DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

點頭咂嘴

简点头咂嘴 · 繁點頭咂嘴

Mandarin · pinyin diǎn tóu zā zuǐ

to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

點: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
咂: zā · to suck, to smack the lips; (Cant.) to cheat
嘴: zuǐ · mouth, lips
点: diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–1–3 · dian3 tou2 za1 zui3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

點頭咂嘴 · find source passages ↗ · 点头咂嘴 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dim2 tau4 zaap3 zeoi2

Cantonese word readings for 點頭咂嘴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack