顶嘴
dǐng zuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

顶嘴
 - 
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 CL:張|张[zhāng],個|个[gè]
嘴巴
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 CL:個|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!
动嘴
dòng zuǐ
  1. 1 to talk
名嘴
míng zuǐ
  1. 1 well-known commentator
  2. 2 talking head
  3. 3 pundit
  4. 4 prominent TV or radio host
咧嘴
liě zuǐ
  1. 1 to grin
嘴唇
zuǐ chún
  1. 1 lip
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn]
嘴硬
zuǐ yìng
  1. 1 reluctant to admit a mistake
嘴脸
zuǐ liǎn
  1. 1 features, face (esp. derogatorily)
  2. 2 look
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 countenance
嘴里
zuǐ lǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 in the mouth
  3. 3 on one's lips
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 words
嘴角
zuǐ jiǎo
  1. 1 corner of the mouth
嘴馋
zuǐ chán
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 ravenous
奶嘴
nǎi zuǐ
  1. 1 nipple (on a baby's bottle)
  2. 2 pacifier
张嘴
zhāng zuǐ
  1. 1 to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request)
  2. 2 to gape
拌嘴
bàn zuǐ
  1. 1 to bicker
  2. 2 to squabble
  3. 3 to quarrel
插嘴
chā zuǐ
  1. 1 to interrupt (sb talking)
  2. 2 to butt in
  3. 3 to cut into a conversation
撅嘴
juē zuǐ
  1. 1 to pout
撇嘴
piě zuǐ
  1. 1 to curl one's lip
  2. 2 to twitch one's mouth

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)
拙嘴笨舌
zhuō zuǐ bèn shé
  1. 1 lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
樱桃小嘴
yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ
  1. 1 lit. cherry mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
满嘴跑火车
mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a glib tongue
  2. 2 to talk big
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
磨嘴皮子
mó zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
  2. 2 to talk incessant nonsense
  3. 3 blah blah
磨破嘴皮子
mó pò zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out one's lips (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk until one is blue in the face
  3. 3 to repeat again and again
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
  1. 1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
调嘴学舌
tiáo zuǐ xué shé
  1. 1 to incite trouble between people (idiom)
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
驴唇不对马嘴
lu:2 chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ
  1. 1 lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. beside the point
  3. 3 incongruous
点头咂嘴
diǎn tóu zā zuǐ
  1. 1 to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (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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