嚼

The character "嚼" has 20 strokes. "嚼" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "嚼" has 3 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "嚼" are "jiáo" "jué" "jiào" . View the stroke order of "嚼">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "嚼"

v.: chew; munch; masticate

• chew : v.咀嚼；不停啃；不断咬
• munch : v.用力咀嚼；出声地咀嚼
• masticate : v.咀嚼

Form words with "嚼"

嚼口香糖 chew gum

嚼泡泡糖 chew gum

嚼花生米 crunch peanuts

用力嚼 chew vigorously

Example phrases using "嚼"

• 牛排做得太老，嚼起来很柴。

  The beefsteak is overdone and it is tough.

• 那肉硬撅撅的很难嚼。

  That meat was very tough and very hard to chew.

• 空心面吃起来讲究筋道。面要煮得刚到火候，面心应有点儿嚼头。

  Spaghetti should be eaten al dente—cooked until just done and retaining some ‘bite’ at the core.

• 把嚼过的口香糖从长椅下清除掉。

  Removing spent slugs of gum from under the bench.

• 他嚼了一会儿，然后咽了下去。

  [no obj.]he chewed for a moment, then swallowed.

• 永远不要在一个男人嚼烟时打他。

  Never slap a man while he is chewing tobacco.

• 不，谢了。我不喜欢要嚼的东西。

  No, thanks. I don't like chewy stuff.

• 这位老人有嚼食印度大麻的习惯。

  This old man has a habit of chewing hashish .

• 我没有和你说话，我在嚼泡泡糖。

  I am not talking to you. I am chewing bubblegum.

• 不过吃完了别忘了嚼薄荷口香糖。

  Just don't forget the breath mints.