He is used to talking back.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
顶嘴
to talk back
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to talk back
02
to answer back
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 顶嘴 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 顶嘴 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You shouldn't talk back to your parents like that.
Next time you talk back to me like that, I'm grounding you on the spot, young lady.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 顶嘴.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 顶嘴.
Directly before
- 那样顶嘴1
- 习惯顶嘴1
- 这样顶嘴1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 顶嘴
What does 顶嘴 mean in Chinese?
顶嘴 (dǐngzuǐ) means to talk back.
How do you pronounce 顶嘴?
顶嘴 is pronounced dǐngzuǐ.
Is 顶嘴 an HSK word?
顶嘴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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