Chinese symbol for “ravenous”
嘴馋
zuǐ chán
Traditional: 嘴饞
gluttonous; ravenous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ravenous is 嘴馋 (zuǐ chán), defined as: gluttonous; ravenous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘴馋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘴里 (嘴裡) | zuǐ lǐ | mouth; in the mouth |
| 嘴巴 | zuǐ ba | mouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face |
| 嘴唇 | zuǐ chún | lip; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 闭嘴 (閉嘴) | bì zuǐ | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 |
| 张嘴 (張嘴) | zhāng zuǐ | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape |
| 嘴角 | zuǐ jiǎo | corner of the mouth |
| 馋嘴 (饞嘴) | chán zuǐ | gluttonous; glutton |
| 解馋 (解饞) | jiě chán | to satisfy one's craving |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ravenous”.
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.