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Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
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Traditional:
口
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.mouth (of a human being or animal)
你不知道病从口入吗?
Don't you know that illness finds its way in by the mouth?
我口渴了,这儿有什么喝的?
I am thirsty. Is there anything to drink?
这事由她口里说出,听起来未免奇怪。
It sounds strange coming from her mouth.
synonym
- 2
n.opening; entrance
你站在胡同口干嘛呢?
What are you doing standing at the entrance of the alley?
出口
exit
这个胡同的口被堵上了。
The entrance to the alley was blocked.
- 3
measure word(for family members, knives, etc.)
三口之家
a family of three
他得养活五口人。
He has five mouths to feed.
三口猪
three pigs
- 4
n.cut; hole; crack
布上的剪口
cut in the cloth
伤口
wound
堤上的口
crack in the embankment
- 5
n.a gateway of the Great Wall (often used in place names)
张家口
Zhangjiakou
喜峰口
Xifeng gate
- 6
n.edge of a knife, etc.
剪刀还没开口。
The scissors have not been edged.
这把刀卷口了。
The edge of this knife is turned.
刀没口。
The knife's blade is blunt.
synonym
- 7
n.age of a draught animal
五岁口
five years of age
这马口还轻。
This horse is still young.
Words and phrases with 口
- 口干[word]dry
- 口头禅[word]pet phrase
- 口福[word]gourmet's luck
- 口内[word]area south of the Great Wall
- 口令[word]word of command; password
- 口袋[word]pocket; bag
- 口头[word]words; oral
- 口供[word]statement made by the accused under examination
- 口粮[word]grain ration
- 口口声声[idiom]keep on saying
- 口出狂言[idiom]brag
- 口若悬河[idiom]speak volubly
- 口蜜腹剑[idiom]hypocritical and malignant
- 口不择言[idiom]speak without careful diction
- 口干舌燥[idiom]mouth parched and one's tongue scorched
- 口是心非[idiom]duplicity
- 口齿伶俐[idiom]a good talker
- 口诛笔伐[idiom]condemn both in speech and in writing