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

合 hé

to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

拢 lǒng

to collect, to bring together

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

嘴 zuǐ

mouth, lips

radical 30 ⼝ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

攏 lǒng

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.