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Structure:Single-component character
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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
- 口服[word]profess to be convinced; take orally
- 口服药[word]oral medicine/medication
- 口吃[word]stammer; stutter
- 口舌[word]mouth and tongue-refers to talking; dispute
- 口香糖[word]chewing gum
- 口小[word]young
- 口蹄疫[word]foot-and-mouth disease
- 口吻[word]muzzle; tone
- 口角[word]corner of the mouth
- 口是心非[idiom]duplicity
- 口干舌燥[idiom]mouth parched and one's tongue scorched
- 口诛笔伐[idiom]condemn both in speech and in writing
- 口口声声[idiom]keep on saying
- 口出狂言[idiom]brag
- 口蜜腹剑[idiom]hypocritical and malignant
- 口若悬河[idiom]speak volubly
- 口齿伶俐[idiom]a good talker
- 口耳相传[idiom]be passed down orally