咀嚼

Chinese

chew to chew
simp. and trad.
(咀嚼)

Pronunciation


Verb

咀嚼

  1. to chew; to masticate
  2. to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate
  3. (archaic) to enunciate clearly
  4. (archaic) to curse; to imprecate

Usage notes

In the term 咀嚼 (jǔjué), the character (jiáo) is pronounced jué, however when used as a character by itself (meaning "to chew"), (jiáo) is pronounced jiáo.

Synonyms

  • (for both "chew" and "think over" senses): 咬嚼 (yǎojué)

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
しゃく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

咀嚼 (hiragana そしゃく, rōmaji soshaku)

  1. (physiology) mastication
  2. digestion, understanding

Derived terms

Verb

咀嚼する (hiragana そしゃくする, rōmaji soshaku suru)

  1. (physiology) masticate
  2. digest, understand

Conjugation

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