顶嘴 (頂嘴)
dǐng zuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

顶嘴 (頂嘴)
 - 
dǐng zuǐ
  1. to talk back
  2. to answer back

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

合不拢嘴
hé bù lǒng zuǐ
  1. 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
  2. 2 grinning from ear to ear
  3. 3 mouth agape
  4. 4 gobsmacked
嘴
zuǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 beak
  3. 3 nozzle
  4. 4 spout (of teapot etc)
  5. 5 classifier: 张 zhāng
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
嘴巴
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
七嘴八舌
qī zuǐ bā shé
  1. 1 lively discussion with everybody talking at once
住嘴
zhù zuǐ
  1. 1 to hold one's tongue
  2. 2 Shut up!

Idioms (16)

刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
  1. 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)

Sample Sentences

欸，你这人是存心要气死你老妈，怎么顶嘴顶个不停啊？
èi ，nǐ zhè rén shì cúnxīn yào qì sǐ nǐ lǎomā ，zěnme dǐngzuǐ dǐng gè bùtíng ā ？
Agh, are you determined to make your mother angry, why are you always answering back?
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我这才不是顶嘴，是突破你们的盲点嘛！
wǒ zhè cái bùshì dǐngzuǐ ，shì tūpò nǐmen de mángdiǎn ma ！
This isn't answering back, it's breaking through your blind spot!
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我找你麻烦？你才给我惹了一堆麻烦！功课不写，成绩吊车尾，只知道跟老师顶嘴。
wǒ zhǎo nǐ máfan ？nǐ cái gěi wǒ rě le yì duī máfan ！gōngkè bù xiě ，chéngjì diàochēwěi ，zhǐ zhīdào gēn lǎoshī dǐngzuǐ 。
A: I'm out to get you? You're the one that's causing me trouble! You don't do your homework, your grades are at the bottom of class and you're always talking back in class.
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什么？你还敢顶嘴？
shénme ？nǐ hái gǎn dǐngzuǐ ？
What? How dare you talk back!
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还敢顶嘴，你们还想不想干了！不想干，就滚！
hái gǎn dǐngzuǐ ，nǐmen hái xiǎng bu xiǎng gàn le ！bù xiǎng gàn ，jiù gǔn ！
How dare you talk back to me! Do you all still want to do this or not? If you don't want to, then get lost!
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