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HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
nose hair
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗆* | 嗆* | *嗆
to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗅* | 嗅* | *嗅
to smell / to sniff / to nose
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
a blocked nose
to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of
Formosan leaf-nosed bat
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
to blow one's nose
smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine)
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齈* | 齈* | *齈
cold in the head catarrh of the nose
bridge of the nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齆* | 齆* | *齆
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頞* | 頞* | *頞
junction of nose and forehead
(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
tip of the nose
the wing of the nose / ala nasi
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose) / brandy nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衄* | 衄* | *衄
to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼽* | 鼽* | *鼽
congested nose
a slug / sb with a runny nose
to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劓* | 劓* | *劓
cut off the nose
nose ring
nose and throat
to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼻* | 鼻* | *鼻
nose
to lead by the nose
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
aquiline nose / Roman nose
to kiss sb's ass / to brown-nose
lit. to have one's nose in the air (idiom) / fig. arrogant; haughty
nose flute
alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol) / brandy nose
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
to follow one's nose
to pick one's nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擤* | 擤* | *擤
to blow (one's nose)
the front (nose) of a plane etc
to have a runny nose
lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt / fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff
ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
leaf-nosed bat
cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
nose stud; nose piercing
nose-acupuncture therapy
a bloody nose and a swollen face / badly battered
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齉* | 齉* | *齉
stuffy (nose) / nasal (voice)


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