七 qī
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 一 — one
七嘴八舌
qīzuǐbāshé
everyone talking at once; all speaking at the same time
Characters in this word
嘴 zuǐ
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 觜 beak
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
八 bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
舌 shé
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 同学们七嘴八舌地讨论着周末去哪儿玩。 Tóngxuémen qīzuǐ bāshé de tǎolùnzhe zhōumò qù nǎr wán. The classmates all chimed in at once, discussing where to go for fun at the weekend.
- 大家七嘴八舌，谁也听不清谁在说什么。 Dàjiā qīzuǐ bāshé, shéi yě tīng bù qīng shéi zài shuō shénme. Everyone talked at once, and nobody could hear what anyone else was saying.
- 一看到新来的老师，孩子们就七嘴八舌地问个不停。 Yí kàndào xīn lái de lǎoshī, háizimen jiù qīzuǐ bāshé de wèn ge bù tíng. As soon as they saw the new teacher, the children all asked questions at once without stopping.
Related words
- 七 qī seven
- 乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo in a complete mess; all in disorder
- 嘴 zuǐ mouth
- 嘴巴 zuǐba mouth
- 插嘴 chāzuǐ to interrupt; to butt in
- 咧嘴 liězuǐ to grin; to open one's mouth wide
- 嘴唇 zuǐchún lips
- 八 bā eight
- 八成 bāchéng eighty percent; most likely
- 八卦 bāguà gossip; the Eight Trigrams; gossipy
- 四面八方 sìmiànbāfāng from all directions; every quarter
- 四通八达 sìtōngbādá to extend in all directions; well connected