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口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Results beginning with 口
口气 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor
口水 kǒu shuǐ saliva
口语 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
口号 kǒu hào slogan / catchphrase / CL:個|个[ge4]
口腔 kǒu qiāng oral cavity
口袋 kǒu dài pocket / bag / sack
口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
口令 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
口服 kǒu fú to take medicine orally / oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced
口头 kǒu tóu oral / verbal
口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
口述 kǒu shù to dictate / to recount orally
口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel / texture (of food)
口径 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line
口臭 kǒu chòu bad breath / halitosis
口音 kǒu yin voice / accent
口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds
口才 kǒu cái eloquence
口红 kǒu hóng lipstick
口罩 kǒu zhào mask (surgical etc)
口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
口角 kǒu jiǎo corner of the mouth
口角 kǒu jué altercation / wrangle / angry argument
口交 kǒu jiāo oral sex
口渴 kǒu kě thirsty
口译 kǒu yì interpreting
口诀 kǒu jué mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
口哨 kǒu shào whistle
口吃 kǒu chī to stammer / to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
口试 kǒu shì oral examination / oral test
口齿 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]) / statement / deposition
口琴 kǒu qín harmonica
口风 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
口粮 kǒu liáng ration
口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food
口误 kǒu wù to misspeak / to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue
口技 kǒu jì beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism
口称 kǒu chēng to speak / to say
口腹 kǒu fù (fig.) food
口德 kǒu dé propriety in speech
口疮 kǒu chuāng mouth ulcer
口器 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect)
口活 kǒu huó oral sex
口爆 kǒu bào (slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
口淫 kǒu yín oral sex / fellatio
口白 kǒu bái narrator / spoken parts in an opera
口北 kǒu běi the area north of the Great Wall
口鼻 kǒu bí mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
口播 kǒu bō (broadcasting) to speak to the audience / to advertise a product by speaking directly to the audience / endorsement (by a celebrity for a product, delivered orally)
口彩 kǒu cǎi complimentary remarks / well-wishing
口传 kǒu chuán to convey orally / to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
口锋 kǒu fēng manner of speech / tone of voice
口湖 Kǒu hú Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
口糊 kǒu hú indistinct in one's speech / defective in one's pronunciation
口簧 kǒu huáng Jew's harp
口络 kǒu luò muzzle (over a dog's mouth)
口沫 kǒu mò spittle / saliva
口蘑 kǒu mó Saint George's mushroom (Tricholoma mongplicum)
口讷 kǒu nè (literary) inarticulate
口皮 kǒu pí (coll.) lip
口射 kǒu shè to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
口实 kǒu shí food / salary (old) / a pretext / a cause for gossip
口甜 kǒu tián soft-spoken / affable / full of honeyed words
口条 kǒu tiáo (ox etc) tongue (as food) / (dialect) elocution / articulation
口弦 kǒu xián Jew's harp
口信 kǒu xìn oral message
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口香糖 kǒu xiāng táng chewing gum
口头禅 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase
口蹄疫 kǒu tí yì foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever
口水战 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words
口头语 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking
口水仗 kǒu shuǐ zhàng dispute / spat / shouting match
口腔炎 kǒu qiāng yán stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
口水鸡 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce
口译处  Interpretation Service
口粮卡  ration card
口头的  viva voce
口译股  Interpretation Unit
口袋饼 kǒu dài bǐng pita bread
口袋罪 kǒu dài zuì vaguely defined offense that can be broadly interpreted and potentially abused by law enforcement
口风琴 kǒu fēng qín melodica
口红胶 kǒu hóng jiāo (Tw) glue stick
口簧琴 kǒu huáng qín Jew's harp
口湖乡 Kǒu hú xiāng Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
口嚼酒 kǒu jiáo jiǔ alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
口角战 kǒu jiǎo zhàn war of words
口粮盒 kǒu liáng hé ration pack / RatPak
口粮篮 kǒu liáng lán ration basket / food basket
口水歌 kǒu shuǐ gē bubblegum pop song / cover song
口水佬 kǒu shuǐ lǎo talkative person (Cantonese)
口吸盘 kǒu xī pán oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
口译科 kǒu yì kē Interpretation Section
口译司 kǒu yì sī Directorate General for Interpretation / DG Interpretation
口译员 kǒu yì yuán interpreter / oral translator
口欲期 kǒu yù qī oral stage (psychology)
口足目 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom) / to repeat over and over again
口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
口袋妖怪 Kǒu dài Yāo guài Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
口诛笔伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen
口蜜腹剑 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous
口碑载道 kǒu bēi zài dào lit. praise fills the roads (idiom) / praise everywhere / universal approbation
口不应心 kǒu bù yìng xīn to say one thing but mean another / to dissimulate
口齿伶俐 kǒu chǐ líng lì eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom) / grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
口齿生香 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng eloquence that generates perfume (idiom) / profound and significant text
口快心直 kǒu kuài xīn zhí see 心直口快[xin1 zhi2 kou3 kuai4]
口说无凭 kǒu shuō wú píng (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement / just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]
口粮干事  food officer
口译主任  Chief Interpreter
口头证据  oral evidence
口岸安全 kǒu àn ān quán port security
口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán widely praised (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation
口不择言 kǒu bù zé yán to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly
口齿不清 kǒu chǐ bù qīng to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate
口齿清楚 kǒu chǐ qīng chu clear diction / clear articulation
口出狂言 kǒu chū kuáng yán to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap
口腹之欲 kǒu fù zhī yù desire for good food
口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much
口沫横飞 kǒu mò - héng fēi (idiom) to speak vehemently / to express oneself with great passion
口说无凭 kǒu shuō - wú píng (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement / just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
口吐毒焰 kǒu tǔ dú yàn lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames / to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
口无遮拦 kǒu wú zhē lán to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / to commit a gaffe
口嫌体直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2])
口眼歪斜 kǒu yǎn wāi xié facial nerve paralysis
口语沟通 kǒu yǔ gōu tōng oral communication (psychology)
口内X光机  intra-oral x-ray
口服避孕药  oral contraceptive
口腔手术灯  dental operatory light
口粮分销员  retail ration agent / ration agent
口述录音机  dictation machine / dictaphone
口技表演者 kǒu jì biǎo yǎn zhě ventriloquist
口嫌体正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
口译和出版科  Interpretation and Publishing Section
口服嵴灰疫苗  oral polio vaccine
口粮管理系统 kǒu liáng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng Rations Management System
口语字词识别 kǒu yǔ zì cí shí bié recognition of spoken word
口服体液补充盐 kǒu fù tǐ yè bǔ chōng yán oral rehydration salts
口译电子派工系统  electronic Interpreter Assignment Programme / Interpreter Management Application
口服体液补充疗法  oral rehydration therapy
口头介绍最新情况  verbal update
口译、会议和文件司  Interpretation, Meetings and Documentation Division
口译、会议和出版司  Interpretation, Meetings and Publishing Division
口服体液补充疗法国际会议  International Conference on Oral Rehydration Therapy
Approximate Results for 口
出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port
进口 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
接口 jiē kǒu interface / port / connector
门口 mén kǒu doorway / gate / CL:個|个[ge4]
人口 rén kǒu population / people
一口 yī kǒu readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
开口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk
端口 duān kǒu interface / port
伤口 shāng kǒu wound / cut
入口 rù kǒu entrance / to import
胸口 xiōng kǒu chest
港口 gǎng kǒu port / harbor
户口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account
海口 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
路口 lù kǒu crossing / intersection (of roads)
借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / excuse / pretext
缺口 quē kǒu nick / jag / gap / shortfall
大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
胃口 wèi kǒu appetite / liking
洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance
可口 kě kǒu tasty / to taste good
随口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through
串口 chuàn kǒu serial port (computing)
营口 Yíng kǒu see 營口市|营口市[Ying2kou3 Shi4]
张口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
关口 guān kǒu pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts
亲口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
对口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
汉口 Hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 / at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
满口 mǎn kǒu a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
山口 shān kǒu mountain pass
枪口 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun
龙口 Lóng kǒu see 龍口市|龙口市[Long2kou3 Shi4]
脱口 tuō kǒu to blurt out
住口 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
河口 hé kǒu estuary / the mouth of a river
虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
灭口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb
封口 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed
渡口 dù kǒu ferry crossing
插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in
藉口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext / also written 借口[jie4 kou3]
领口 lǐng kǒu collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
顺口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
粗口 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language
袖口 xiù kǒu cuff
并口 bìng kǒu parallel port (computing)
切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code
切口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
爽口 shuǎng kǒu fresh and tasty
糊口 hú kǒu variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]
牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden
上口 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
漱口 shù kǒu to rinse one's mouth / to gargle
刀口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision
归口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth)
风口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
江口 Jiāng kǒu Jiangkou, a county in Tongren 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
交口 Jiāo kǒu Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
谷口 Gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname)
井口 jǐng kǒu mouth of a well
当口 dāng kǒu at that moment / just then
转口 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word
信口 xìn kǒu to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking
裂口 liè kǒu breach / split / rift / vent (volcanic crater)
溪口 Xī kǒu Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
创口 chuāng kǒu wound / cut
松口 sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth / (fig.) to relent / to yield
破口 pò kǒu tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
炮口 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle
夸口 kuā kǒu to boast
决口 jué kǒu (of a watercourse) to breach its banks / (of a dam) to burst
收口 shōu kǒu (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off / to bind / (of a wound) to close up / to heal
气口 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
坑口 Kēng kǒu Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
拗口 ào kǒu hard to pronounce / awkward-sounding
闸口 zhá kǒu open sluice gate / (toll) station / boarding gate (airport etc) / (fig.) gateway (access point)
血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
打口 dǎ kǒu (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
岔口 chà kǒu junction / fork in road
空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
隘口 ài kǒu mountain pass
忌口 jì kǒu abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet
哑口 yǎ kǒu as if dumb / speechless
吐口 tǔ kǒu to spit / fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
敞口 chǎng kǒu open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance)
苦口 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
失口 shī kǒu slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
还口 huán kǒu to retort / to answer back
茬口 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity
疮口 chuāng kǒu wound / open sore
紧口  crimping
碍口 ài kǒu to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
搬口 bān kǒu to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
城口 Chéng kǒu Chengkou, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4]
寸口 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
档口 dàng kǒu stall / booth
磴口 Dèng kǒu Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
动口 dòng kǒu to use one's mouth (to say sth)
杜口 dù kǒu to remain silent
垛口 duǒ kǒu crenel
工口 ēi luó erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced "ero")
恶口 è kǒu bad language / foul mouth
反口 fǎn kǒu to correct oneself / to renege / to break one's word
害口 hài kǒu see 害喜[hai4xi3]
回口 huí kǒu to answer back
湖口 Hú kǒu Hukou County in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi / Hukou township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
活口 huó kǒu sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator / a captive who can provide information
角口 jiǎo kǒu to quarrel
京口 Jīng kǒu Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu
就口 jiù kǒu (of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth
角口 jué kǒu (literary) to quarrel / also pr. [jiao3kou3]
宽口 kuān kǒu wide mouth
裤口 kù kǒu trouser leg opening
林口 Lín kǒu Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
罗口 luó kǒu rib collar / rib top of socks
脉口 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
毛口 máo kǒu metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
没口 méi kǒu unreservedly / profusely
庙口 Miào kǒu Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
浦口 Pǔ kǒu Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
硚口 Qiáo kǒu Qiaokou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
髯口 rán kou artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors
塔口 tǎ kǒu (loanword) taco
桶口 tǒng kǒu bunghole / see 桶孔[tong3 kong3]
湾口 wān kǒu mouth of a bay
闲口 xián kǒu idle talk
吸口 xī kǒu sucker mouth
垭口 yā kǒu (dialect) narrow mountain pass
觃口 Yàn kǒu Yankou, village in Zhejiang Province
野口 Yě kǒu Noguchi (Japanese surname)
周口 Zhōu kǒu see 周口市[Zhou1kou3 Shi4]
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GDP缺口 GDPquē kǒu GDP gap
N95口罩 N9kǒu zhào N95 mask / N95 particulate respirator / N95 disposable respirator
一口气 yī kǒu qì one breath / in one breath / at a stretch
进出口 jìn chū kǒu import and export
突破口 tū pò kǒu breach / gap / breakthrough point
出口额 chū kǒu é export amount
总人口 zǒng rén kǒu total population
张家口 Zhāng jiā kǒu see 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1jia1kou3 Shi4]
出口商 chū kǒu shāng exporter / export business
进口商 jìn kǒu shāng importer / import business
出入口 chū rù kǒu gateway
交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection
楼梯口 lóu tī kǒu head of a flight of stairs
顺口溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle
两口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife
Chinese Tones