Mouth in Chinese (Mandarin): 嘴巴 (zuǐba)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 嘴巴

• 嘴

  Mouth. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  16 strokes

• 巴

  Here it is a word ending, said short and light.

  4 strokes

Say 巴 short and light: zuǐ-ba. 口 (kǒu) is the old word for mouth and is part of many mouth words, such as 吃 (eat) and 喝 (drink).

More examples with 嘴巴

• 张开嘴巴。

  張開嘴巴。

  Zhāng kāi zuǐba.

  Open your mouth.

• 鸟的嘴巴很尖。

  鳥的嘴巴很尖。

  Niǎo de zuǐba hěn jiān.

  The bird's beak is pointy.

How to write 嘴巴 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.