顶嘴 meaning in English

dǐngzuǐ

to talk back; to answer back

Traditional 頂嘴24 strokes

Meaning of 顶嘴

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǐngzuǐ
  1. to talk back
  2. to answer back

顶嘴 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ下xià次cì再zài这zhè样yàng顶dǐng嘴zuǐ,我wǒ就jiù禁jìn足zú你nǐ,小xiǎo姐jiě。
Next time you talk back to me like that, I'm grounding you on the spot, young lady.
你nǐ不bù应yīng该gāi对duì你nǐ父fù母mǔ那nà样yàng顶dǐng嘴zuǐ。
You shouldn't talk back to your parents like that.
他tā习xí惯guàn顶dǐng嘴zuǐ。
He is used to talking back.

Stroke order for each character

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顶 dǐng · apex · 8 strokes

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嘴 zuǐ · mouth · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 顶嘴.

嘴巴zuǐbamouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
屋顶wūdǐngroof
嘴唇zuǐchúnlip
顶级dǐngjítop-notch; first-rate
山顶shāndǐnghilltop
头顶tóudǐngtop of the head
顶尖dǐngjiānpeak; apex
顶多dǐngduōat most; at best
插嘴chāzuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in
七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at once
封顶fēngdǐngto put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project)
吵嘴chǎozuǐto quarrel

Questions about 顶嘴

What does 顶嘴 mean?

顶嘴 (dǐngzuǐ) means "to talk back; to answer back".

How do you write 顶嘴?

顶嘴 is made of 2 characters: 顶 (8 strokes), 嘴 (16 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

How is 顶嘴 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 顶嘴 is written 頂嘴.