WordTaiwan frequency #24,377
七嘴八舌
ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ
“many people talking at once; a babble of voices; noisy discussion with everyone chiming in”
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七
ㄑㄧ
The natural number seven; 7; used in traditional Buddhist rituals for mourning every seven days; a literary style.
嘴
ㄗㄨㄟˇ
Mouth; beak; nozzle or spout of an object; a protruding landform; metaphorically, speech or talking.
八
ㄅㄚ
The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.
舌
ㄕㄜˊ
Tongue; the fleshy organ in the mouth used for tasting, chewing, and speaking; something shaped like a tongue; a bell clapper.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 七月ㄑㄧ ㄩㄝˋJuly; seventh month of the lunar year; title of a poem in the Classic of Poetry
- 八月ㄅㄚ ㄩㄝˋAugust; eighth month of the lunar calendar.
- 十八ㄕˊ ㄅㄚthe number eighteen; 18.
- 嘴巴ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚmouth; colloquial term for the mouth; can refer to the cheek or face; a slap in the face
- 十七ㄕˊ ㄑㄧseventeen; 17
- 第七ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧseventh; the seventh; seventh in order; seventh in a sequence; seventh day of the week (Sunday in China; Monday in Taiwan).
- 七十ㄑㄧ ㄕˊseventy; 70
- 第八ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄚeighth; the eighth (in order, sequence, or ranking); eighth place; eighth day of the month; eighth item or position
- 八十ㄅㄚ ㄕˊeighty; the number 80
- 嘴脣lip; the soft, movable outer parts of the mouth.
- 舌頭ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊtongue (the organ in the mouth used for tasting, speaking, and eating; also gossip or idle talk
- 七日ㄑㄧ ㄖˋseven days; a week; period of seven days.