嚼舌

jiáo shé

Dictionary entry

to gossip

What does 嚼舌 mean?

嚼舌 (jiáo shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to gossip

2to argue unnecessarily

Character breakdown

Open each character to see its own meanings and vocabulary links.

嚼jiáoto chew · also pr. [jue2]舌jīused in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

Reviewed examples

No reviewed example dialogues yet. This page only shows verified dictionary data until a context lesson is published.

How to pronounce 嚼舌

嚼舌

jiáo shé

Tap to hear Mandarin.

Base dictionary data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0.