啟齒 (kai2 ci2) — open one's mouth (showing one's teeth) in Cantonese | HKDictionary

kaiˊ²啟ciˊ²齒

简启齿

Mandarin Pinyin: qi3 chi3

Meaning of 啟齒

nounopen one's mouth (showing one's teeth)

Characters in 啟齒

open; start; initiate; begin; commence

a tooth-like part of anything

Words Containing 啟齒

難以啟齒naan4 ji5 kai2 ci2

find it to hard to open one's mouth(of sth. embarrassing or seemingly unreasonable request )

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