"咀嚼" meaning in Chinese

See 咀嚼 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA], /t͡su³³⁻²³ t͡siak̚²/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Audio: LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 咀嚼
  1. to chew; to masticate
    Sense id: en-咀嚼-zh-verb-Oo~xRNMt
  2. to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate Synonyms (to chew, to think over): 咬嚼 (yǎojué)
    Sense id: en-咀嚼-zh-verb-1i0fDHAR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 6 68 4 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 52 4 15 5 5 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 61 2 20 3 3 4 4 Disambiguation of 'to chew, to think over': 20 74 1 6
  3. (archaic) to enunciate clearly Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-咀嚼-zh-verb-8l0wpig7
  4. (archaic) to curse; to imprecate Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-咀嚼-zh-verb-2ATto6ci
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jǔjuéjī",
      "word": "咀嚼肌"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "咀嚼",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chew; to masticate"
      ],
      "id": "en-咀嚼-zh-verb-Oo~xRNMt",
      "links": [
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "masticate",
          "masticate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 68 4 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 4 15 5 5 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 61 2 20 3 3 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate"
      ],
      "id": "en-咀嚼-zh-verb-1i0fDHAR",
      "links": [
        [
          "think over",
          "think over"
        ],
        [
          "mull over",
          "mull over"
        ],
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "ruminate",
          "ruminate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "20 74 1 6",
          "roman": "yǎojué",
          "sense": "to chew, to think over",
          "word": "咬嚼"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to enunciate clearly"
      ],
      "id": "en-咀嚼-zh-verb-8l0wpig7",
      "links": [
        [
          "enunciate",
          "enunciate"
        ],
        [
          "clearly",
          "clearly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to enunciate clearly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to curse; to imprecate"
      ],
      "id": "en-咀嚼-zh-verb-2ATto6ci",
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ],
        [
          "imprecate",
          "imprecate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to curse; to imprecate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǔjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi² zoek³"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chú-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chír-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó͘-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zu¹ ziag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǔjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǔjyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chü³-chüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǔ-jywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeujyue"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjujczjue",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзюйцзюэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi² zoek³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jéui jeuk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey² dzoek⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu² zêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chú-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsú-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zwciok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chír-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsír-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó͘-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsóo-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zofciok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zu¹ ziag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsu tsiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²³ t͡siak̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "咀嚼"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 咀",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 嚼",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jǔjuéjī",
      "word": "咀嚼肌"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "咀嚼",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chew; to masticate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "masticate",
          "masticate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think over",
          "think over"
        ],
        [
          "mull over",
          "mull over"
        ],
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "ruminate",
          "ruminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enunciate clearly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enunciate",
          "enunciate"
        ],
        [
          "clearly",
          "clearly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to enunciate clearly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to curse; to imprecate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ],
        [
          "imprecate",
          "imprecate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to curse; to imprecate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǔjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi² zoek³"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-咀嚼.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chú-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chír-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó͘-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zu¹ ziag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jǔjué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǔjyué"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chü³-chüeh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǔ-jywé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeujyue"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjujczjue",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзюйцзюэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeoi² zoek³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jéui jeuk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoey² dzoek⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zêu² zêg³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chú-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsú-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zwciok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chír-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsír-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó͘-chio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsóo-tsio̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zofciok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zu¹ ziag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsu tsiak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²³ t͡siak̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǎojué",
      "sense": "to chew, to think over",
      "word": "咬嚼"
    }
  ],
  "word": "咀嚼"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (0c45963 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.