咧嘴

Chinese

		draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	mouth
simp. and trad. (咧嘴)		咧	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liězuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liězuǐ [Phonetic: liézuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liietzoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liězuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶ zeoi²
    • Yale: liht jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚² t͡ʃɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

咧嘴

1. to draw back the corners of one's mouth (can be emotionally neutral or the expression of a positive or negative emotion); to grin