嘴皮子

Chinese

		lip; glib talk	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (嘴皮子)		嘴皮	子
simp. #(嘴皮子)		嘴皮	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zuǐpízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zui³ pi² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi² pei⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǐpízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuěipízi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tsui³-pʻi²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dzwěi-pí-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoeipyi.tzy
    • Palladius: цзуйпицзы (czujpiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zui³ pi² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zui pi z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei⁵³ pʰi²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi² pei⁴ zi²
    • Yale: jéui pèih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey² pei⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu² péi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

嘴皮子

1. (colloquial) lip
2. (colloquial, figurative, often derogatory) glib talk; gift of the gab

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嘴脣 (“lips”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		脣, 吻
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嘴脣, 脣, 吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘴脣兒
	Taiwan	嘴脣
	Harbin	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
	Singapore	嘴脣
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嘴脣兒
	Jinan	嘴脣, 嘴脣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴脣子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嘴脣兒
	Xi'an	嘴脣兒
	Xining	嘴脣兒, 嘴皮兒
	Xuzhou	嘴脣兒, 嘴脣子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘴脣子
	Ürümqi	嘴脣子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	嘴皮, 嘴皮子
	Wuhan	嘴脣
	Guilin	嘴脣
	Liuzhou	嘴脣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嘴脣子
	Hefei	嘴脣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口脣, 嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣, 口脣
	Taishan	口脣, 嘴脣
	Yangjiang	嘴脣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口脣
Gan	Nanchang	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮, 嘴脣皮子
	Lichuan	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
Hakka	Meixian	嘴脣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘴脣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘴脣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘴脣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴脣
	Hong Kong	嘴脣
	Singapore (Dabu)	嘴脣
Huizhou	Jixi	嘴脣皮
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴脣
	Xinzhou	嘴脣子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙脣, 喙皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Quanzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Jinjiang	喙脣
	Yongchun	喙脣
	Zhangzhou	喙脣, 喙脣皮
	Taipei	喙脣
	Kaohsiung	喙脣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙脣
	Chaozhou	喙脣
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	喙脣
	Haikou	喙脣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴脣, 口脣
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	口皮
Wu	Shanghai	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嘴脣
	Suzhou	嘴脣, 嘴脣皮
	Danyang	嘴板
	Hangzhou	嘴脣皮兒
	Ningbo	嘴脣皮
	Wenzhou	嘴脣
	Jinhua	口脣肉皮
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	口脣皮
Xiang	Changsha	嘴巴皮, 嘴巴皮子, 嘴脣子
	Loudi	嘴脣皮, 嘴皮子
	Shuangfeng	嘴巴皮
	Hengyang	嘴巴皮

• (glib talk): 喙花

Derived terms

• 磨破嘴皮子 (mópòzuǐpízǐ)
• 耍嘴皮子 (shuǎ zuǐpízi)
• 逗嘴皮子