吻 (wěn): kiss, to kiss, mouth
吻 (wěn) is a Chinese character meaning “kiss.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 勿 (phonetic). It ranks #1946 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 吻 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- kiss
- to kiss
- mouth
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接吻 | jiē wěn | to kiss |
| 吻合 | wěn hé | to be a good fit |
| 亲吻 | qīn wěn | to kiss |
| 口吻 | kǒu wěn | tone of voice |
| 飞吻 | fēi wěn | to blow a kiss |
| 香吻 | xiāng wěn | kiss |
| 强吻 | qiáng wěn | to forcibly kiss |
| 吻部 | wěn bù | snout |
| 吻别 | wěn bié | to kiss goodbye |
| 深吻 | shēn wěn | French kissing |
| 吻技 | wěn jì | kissing technique |
| 热吻 | rè wěn | to kiss passionately |
| 吻戏 | wěn xì | kissing scene (in a movie etc) |
| 拥吻 | yōng wěn | to hug and kiss |
| 宽吻海豚 | kuān wěn hǎi tún | bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) |
吻 appears in 21 compound words: 29 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 吻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
妈妈吻嘱我要按时吃饭，注意身体健康。
mā mā wěn zhǔ wǒ yāo àn shí chī fàn , zhù yì shēn tī jiàn kāng .
Mom kissed me goodbye and reminded me to eat on time and take care of my health.
人师变狼师!强吻摸胸还伸舌头 北市代理师辩“关心”遭判8...
rén shī biàn láng shī ! qiáng wěn mō xiōng hái shēn shé tóu běi shì dài lǐ shī biàn guān xīn zāo pàn 8 . . .
Teacher Turns into a Predator! Forced Kiss, Groping, and Sticking Out His Tongue—Taipei Substitute Teacher Claims It Was "Concern" but Sentenced to 8...
刘晓庆演少女与小38岁男演员拍吻戏上热搜 网民调侃:还真敢演
liú xiǎo qìng yǎn shǎo nǚ yǔ xiǎo 3 8 suì nán yǎn yuán pāi wěn xì shàng rè sōu wǎng mín diào kǎn : hái zhēn gǎn yǎn
Liu Xiaoqing played a girl and a 38-year-old actor kissing on the hot search Netizens ridiculed: I really dare to act
内蒙10岁女童遭强行搂抱亲吻 六旬继父短片平台账号被封
nèi méng 1 0 suì nǚ tóng zāo qiáng háng lōu bào qīn wěn liù xún jì fù duǎn piàn píng tái zhàng hào bèi fēng
A 10-year-old girl in Inner Mongolia was forcibly hugged and kissed by her sixty-year-old stepfather's short video platform account was blocked
75岁影后刘晓庆踩入短剧界 演妙龄少女激吻细30岁男星 80集新作《锦绣安然》陷争...
7 5 suì yǐng hòu liú xiǎo qìng cǎi rù duǎn jù jiè yǎn miào líng shǎo nǚ jī wěn xì 3 0 suì nán xīng 8 0 jí xīn zuò jǐn xiù ān rán xiàn zhēng . . .
75-year-old actress Liu Xiaoqing stepped into the short drama industry and played a young girl and kissed a 30-year-old actor 80 episodes of the new work "Splendid Enron" in the dispute...
...新戏 热情锡爆细路女面珠墩双手摸脸:龙之吻
. . . xīn xì rè qíng xī bào xì lù nǚ miàn zhū 墩 shuāng shǒu mō liǎn : lóng zhī wěn
... New Drama Passionate Tin Explosion Children's Faces Touching Faces with Both Hands: Dragon's Kiss
他垂下手臂环绕住她然后亲吻。
Tā chuíxià shǒubì huánrào zhù tā ránhòu qīnwěn.
He slid his arms around her and kissed her.
亲吻一个抽烟的人就像在舔烟灰缸。
Qīnwěn yī gè chōuyān de rén jiù xiàng zài tiǎn yānhuīgāng.
Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.
汤姆亲吻了玛丽的两颊。
Tāngmǔ qīnwěn le Mǎlì de liǎng jiá.
Tom kissed Mary on both cheeks.
我都跟你说过了，不要留吻痕！
Wǒ dōu gēn nǐ shuō guo le, bù yào liú wěnhén!
I've told you not to give me any hickies!
Character Family
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