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Chinese symbol for “glib”

油嘴滑舌
yóu zuǐ huá shé
glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glib is 油嘴滑舌 (yóu zuǐ huá shé), defined as: glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

油 yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
嘴 zuǐ
mouth, lips
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes
滑 huá
to slip, to slide; slippery, polished
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
舌 shé
tongue; bell clapper
radical 135 ⾆ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “glib”

WordPinyinMeaning
油yóuoil; fat
口若悬河 (口若懸河)kǒu ruò xuán hémouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 油嘴滑舌.

WordPinyinMeaning
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas
汽油qì yóugasoline
原油yuán yóucrude oil
柴油机 (柴油機)chái yóu jīdiesel engine
油价 (油價)yóu jiàoil (petroleum) price
嘴里 (嘴裡)zuǐ lǐmouth; in the mouth
嘴巴zuǐ bamouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face
下滑xià huáto slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline
舌头 (舌頭)shé toutongue; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “glib”.

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