What does 咬字 mean in Chinese?

咬字 (yǎo zì) means "to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 咬字?

咬字 is pronounced "yǎo zì" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

咬字 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

咬字 is made up of the characters 咬, 字. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 咬字 using our stroke order tool.

咬字

yǎo zì

to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate

verb

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咬字 is not on the HSK 2.0 lists or the new exam syllabus.

Not on the HSK lists

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