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咧 — Chinese character

咧
liě
to grimace, to grin

Pinyin
liě
Radical
30 ⼝ (Mouth)
Strokes
9
Components
口 列
Formation
pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 列

Common words with 咧

WordPinyinMeaning
咧嘴liě zuǐto draw back the corners of one's mouth (as when smiling, grimacing, or snarling)
骂骂咧咧 (罵罵咧咧)mà ma liē liēto swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
大大咧咧dà dà liē liē(idiom) carefree; offhand; casual
龇牙咧嘴 (齜牙咧嘴)zī yá liě zuǐ(idiom) to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl
咧咧liē liē(dialect) to cry; to whimper; (dialect) to talk drivel
呲牙咧嘴zī yá liě zuǐvariant of 龇牙咧嘴 (zī yá liě zuǐ)
咧开嘴笑 (咧開嘴笑)liě kāi zuǐ xiàoto laugh

English words written with 咧

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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