06304 Chinese character of 呲 and pronounce zi1

The Chinese character【呲】that we will explain today is a character that describes an action or a sound. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

To rebuke or gnash one’s teeth.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【呲】:cī

Cantonese Jyutping of 【呲】:zi1

Here’s an overview of the essential details about the character 【呲】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【呲】, for example:Describing an action or sound , It means mainly to rebuke or to grit one’s teeth. .The nuanced nature of Chinese characters means that some complex or precise interpretations may not be comprehensively conveyed in this space.

【呲】is an individual word that merges with others to generate specific phrases, for example【呲牙、呲笑】(Mandarin Pinyin:cī yá 、cī xiào/ Cantonese Jyutping:zi1 ngaa4 、zi1 siu3)

This character is written with 9 strokes,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


他氣得呲牙切齒。

He gnashed his teeth in anger.


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