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嘴 is a phono-semantic compound combining the mouth radical 口 (meaning) on the left and the phonetic component 觜 (zuǐ) on the right. The right side originally meant a bird's beak or animal's snout, which explains why the character first denoted animal mouths; later, its use broadened to include the human mouth. Today, 嘴 is the most common colloquial word for the human mouth or lips, having largely displaced older terms in everyday spoken language, while also retaining the extended sense of a spout or nozzle.
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他张开了嘴巴。
妈妈叫我闭嘴。
她的嘴很甜。
弟弟嘴馋想吃糖。
别用嘴吹气球。
他说话太快，我插不上嘴。
小猫用嘴叼着一条鱼。
她忍不住张嘴打了个哈欠。
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