Chinese symbol for “gobsmacked”
合不拢嘴
hé bù lǒng zuǐ
Traditional: 合不攏嘴
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear; mouth agape; gobsmacked
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gobsmacked is 合不拢嘴 (hé bù lǒng zuǐ), defined as: unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear; mouth agape; gobsmacked.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 合不拢嘴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine; to join |
| 合法 | hé fǎ | lawful; legitimate |
| 适合 (適合) | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 靠拢 (靠攏) | kào lǒng | to draw close to |
| 嘴里 (嘴裡) | zuǐ lǐ | mouth; in the mouth |
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.
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