chún

variant of 唇[chun2]

sound (辰) + mouth (口) = lips

口 anchors the meaning at the mouth; 辰 contributes the sound chún and does not carry a lip-related meaning. Together they point to the lips as the framing edge of the mouth.

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The mouthSemantic
A celestial signPhonetic

她的很红,不需要涂口红。

tā de chún hěn hóng,bù xū yào tú kǒuhóng。

Her lips are very red; she doesn't need to put on lipstick.

天气太冷,他的都裂开了。

tiānqì tài lěng,tā de chún dōu liè kāi le。

The weather was too cold, and his lips had all cracked.

Words with 唇

阴唇

yīn chún

(anatomy) labia (of the vulva)

双唇音

shuāng chún yīn

bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)

饶舌调唇

ráo shé tiáo chún

blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker

驴唇不对马嘴

lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ

lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying)

驴唇马嘴

lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ

see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu : 2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3]

鼻唇沟

bí chún gōu

nasolabial fold

齿唇音

chǐ chún yīn

see 唇齒音|唇齿音[chun2 chi3 yin1]

上唇

shàng chún

upper lip

下唇

xià chún

lower lip

兔唇

tù chún

hare lip (birth defect)

内唇

nèi chún

epipharynx (entomology)

反唇相讥

fǎn chún xiāng jī

(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort

More characters with 辰