咀嚼

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

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)