<p>They are same meaning, just has different written words in some ancient books.<br>
Check the Chinese sentences below:  </p>

<ul>
<li>齜牙咧嘴 <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=kINxMw&amp;o=e0&amp;sec1=1&amp;op=sid=%22Z00000137351%22.&amp;v=-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">教育部重編國語辭典修訂本</a>  </li>
<li>呲牙裂嘴 <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=qJD_My&amp;o=e0&amp;sec1=1&amp;op=sid=%22Z00000140430%22.&amp;v=-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">教育部重編國語辭典修訂本</a></li>
</ul>

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2019-09-23T08:21:16.707Z
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Conifers
<p>《现代汉语词典》 lists "呲" as a variant form of "龇".</p>

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<p>According to 《现代汉语词典》, the official reading of "龇牙" is "zi1ya2", and so does "呲牙" (as a variant form of writing). However, "呲" has another reading "ci1". In my experience, the reading "ci1ya2" for the word is used so common that I only found the official reading when I looked it up in the dictionary. And when you input it with pinyin "ci1ya2" on a computer or phone, you get "呲牙" easily. This may be the reason that you see "呲牙" a lot.</p>

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2020-02-20T14:48:46.687Z
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fefe
<p>What's the difference between a smile （微笑） and a grimace (龇牙咧嘴)?</p>

<p>There is also 露出 for show your fangs!</p>

<p>她笑了，露出平整、洁白的牙齿。<br>
沃尔什一笑露出了牙齿。</p>

<p>呲牙</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Character decomposition 字形分解 [?]:  Compound 齜 </p>
  
  <p>from teeth-chi 齿齒 chǐ and </p>
  
  <p>phonetic this-ci 此 cǐ </p>
  
  <p>simp 龇.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>They say it was only pronounced zī, but maybe some people always said cǐ or cī, because of the phonetic component.</p>

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Pedroski
<p>The word to show your teeth in Chinese is 呲牙 or 龇牙? I have seen 龇牙 in dictionaries but 呲牙 in like Wechat and other places. So do they have any differences or are they the same?</p>

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2019-09-23T08:43:02.993Z
Many people use 露齿 to describe grin. For example, "grin with pleasure" means 高兴地露齿而笑.
user16115
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What’s the correct character for the act of showing your teeth?
# What’s the correct character for the act of showing your teeth?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-23)

The word to show your teeth in Chinese is 呲牙 or 龇牙? I have seen 龇牙 in dictionaries but 呲牙 in like Wechat and other places. So do they have any differences or are they the same?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Many people use 露齿 to describe grin. For example, "grin with pleasure" means 高兴地露齿而笑.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-09-23. Score: 1

They are same meaning, just has different written words in some ancient books.  
Check the Chinese sentences below:

* 齜牙咧嘴 [教育部重編國語辭典修訂本](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=kINxMw&o=e0&sec1=1&op=sid=%22Z00000137351%22.&v=-2)
* 呲牙裂嘴 [教育部重編國語辭典修訂本](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=qJD_My&o=e0&sec1=1&op=sid=%22Z00000140430%22.&v=-2)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-02-20. Score: 1

《现代汉语词典》 lists "呲" as a variant form of "龇".

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According to 《现代汉语词典》, the official reading of "龇牙" is "zi1ya2", and so does "呲牙" (as a variant form of writing). However, "呲" has another reading "ci1". In my experience, the reading "ci1ya2" for the word is used so common that I only found the official reading when I looked it up in the dictionary. And when you input it with pinyin "ci1ya2" on a computer or phone, you get "呲牙" easily. This may be the reason that you see "呲牙" a lot.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-03-21. Score: 0

What's the difference between a smile （微笑） and a grimace (龇牙咧嘴)?

There is also 露出 for show your fangs!

她笑了，露出平整、洁白的牙齿。  
沃尔什一笑露出了牙齿。

呲牙

> Character decomposition 字形分解 [?]: Compound 齜
>
> from teeth-chi 齿齒 chǐ and
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> phonetic this-ci 此 cǐ
>
> simp 龇.

They say it was only pronounced zī, but maybe some people always said cǐ or cī, because of the phonetic component.


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