# 咧嘴 (liězuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 咧嘴 (liězuǐ) means “to grin; to grimace”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to grin; to grimace
- Pinyin: liězuǐ (lie3 zui3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听到表扬，孩子开心地咧嘴笑了。
  Tīngdào biǎoyáng, háizi kāixīn de liězuǐ xiàole.
  Hearing the praise, the child grinned happily.

## Characters

- 咧 (liě): to draw back the corners of one's mouth
- [嘴](https://hanziro.com/word/zui-mouth/) (zuǐ): mouth

https://hanziro.com/word/lie-zui-grin/

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