吊胃口

吊
胃
口
(coll.) to keep sb in suspense / to tantalize / to keep on tenterhooks

Characters and words in 吊胃口

吊
diào = di + ao4
to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person
吊 = 口 + 巾 : Dorothy Gale is travelling and tries to find a way to hang up her towel in the aorta's bathroom. Finally, she came up with something: She forges a coat hanger out of mandarin peel and hangs her towel on it.
吊 = 口 + 巾 : Mnemonic symbol: a coat hanger.
吊
弔
diào = di + ao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
胃
wèi = w + ei4
stomach / CL:個|个[ge4]
胃 = 月 + 田 : Willy Walrus (w) set up a mooncake (月) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). This led to him eating way too much cake, and now his stomach (胃) hurts. To relief the pain he uses a hot water bottle (mnemonic symbol for 胃).
胃
口
appetite / liking
口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Words with 吊胃口

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Sentences with 吊胃口

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