咀嚼

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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

  • (to chew, to think over): 咬嚼 (yǎojué)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
しゃく
Hyōgai
kan'yōon kan'on
 咀嚼 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゃく) (soshaku

  1. (physiology) mastication
  2. digestion, understanding

Derived terms

Verb

()(しゃく)する (soshaku surutransitive suru (stem ()(しゃく) (soshaku shi), past ()(しゃく)した (soshaku shita))

  1. (physiology) masticate
  2. digest, understand

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

咀嚼 (jeojak) (hangeul 저작)

  1. hanja form? of 저작 (mastication)