咀嚼

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Chinese[edit]

chew to chew
simp. and trad.
(咀嚼)

Pronunciation[edit]


Verb[edit]

咀嚼

  1. to chew; to masticate
  2. to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate
  3. (archaic) to enunciate clearly
  4. (archaic) to curse; to imprecate

Usage notes[edit]

In the term 咀嚼 (jǔjué), the character (jiáo) is pronounced jué; however, when used as a character by itself (meaning "to chew"), (jiáo) is pronounced jiáo.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to chew, to think over): 咬嚼 (yǎojué)

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
しゃく
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon kan’on
 咀嚼 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(しゃく) (soshaku

  1. (physiology) mastication
  2. digestion, understanding

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

()(しゃく)する (soshaku surutransitive suru (stem ()(しゃく) (soshaku shi), past ()(しゃく)した (soshaku shita))

  1. (physiology) masticate
  2. digest, understand

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

咀嚼 (jeojak) (hangeul 저작)

  1. Hanja form? of 저작 (mastication).