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 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Results beginning with 口
 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor
 kǒu shuǐ saliva
 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2]
 kǒu hào slogan / catchphrase / CL:個|个[ge4]
 kǒu qiāng oral cavity
 kǒu dài pocket / bag / sack / CL:個|个[ge4]
 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
 kǒu lìng oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
 kǒu fú to take medicine orally / oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced
 kǒu tóu oral / verbal
 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
 kǒu shù to dictate / to recount orally
 kǒu gǎn taste / texture (of food) / how food feels in the mouth
 kǒu jìng caliber / diameter of opening
 kǒu chòu bad breath / halitosis
 kǒu yin voice / accent
 kǒu yīn oral speech sounds (linguistics)
 kǒu cái eloquence
 kǒu hóng lipstick
 kǒu zhào mask (surgical etc)
 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
 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
 kǒu jiǎo corner of the mouth
 kǒu jué altercation / wrangle / angry argument
 kǒu jiāo oral sex
 kǒu kě thirsty
 kǒu yì interpreting
 kǒu jué mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
 kǒu shào whistle
 kǒu chī to stammer / to stutter / also pr. [kou3 ji2]
 kǒu shì oral examination / oral test
齿 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]) / statement / deposition
 kǒu qín harmonica
 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
 kǒu liáng ration
 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food
 kǒu jì beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism
 kǒu chēng to speak / to say
 kǒu fù (fig.) food
 kǒu dé propriety in speech
 kǒu chuāng mouth ulcer
 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect)
 kǒu huó oral sex
 kǒu bào (slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
 kǒu yín oral sex / fellatio
 kǒu bái narrator / spoken parts in an opera
 kǒu běi the area north of the Great Wall
 kǒu bí mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
 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)
 kǒu cǎi complimentary remarks / well-wishing
 kǒu chuán orally transmitted
 kǒu fēng manner of speech / tone of voice
 Kǒu hú Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 kǒu hú indistinct in one's speech / defective in one's pronunciation
 kǒu huáng Jew's harp
 kǒu luò muzzle (over a dog's mouth)
 kǒu mò spittle / saliva
 kǒu mó Saint George's mushroom (Tricholoma mongplicum)
 kǒu nè (literary) inarticulate
 kǒu shè to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
 kǒu shí food / salary (old) / a pretext / a cause for gossip
 kǒu tián soft-spoken / affable / full of honeyed words
 kǒu tiáo (ox etc) tongue (as food) / (Tw) elocution / articulation
 kǒu xián Jew's harp
 kǒu xìn oral message
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 kǒu xiāng táng chewing gum
 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase
 kǒu tí yì foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever
 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words
 kǒu tóu yǔ pet phrase / regularly used expression / manner of speaking
 kǒu shuǐ zhàng dispute / spat / shouting match
 kǒu qiāng yán stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce
  Interpretation Service
  ration card
  viva voce
  Interpretation Unit
 kǒu fēng qín melodica
 kǒu hóng jiāo glue stick
 kǒu huáng qín Jew's harp
 Kǒu hú xiāng Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 kǒu jiáo jiǔ alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
 kǒu jiǎo zhàn war of words
 kǒu liáng hé ration pack / RatPak
 kǒu liáng lán ration basket / food basket
 kǒu shuǐ gē bubblegum pop song / cover song
 kǒu shuǐ lǎo talkative person (Cantonese)
 kǒu xī pán oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
 kǒu yì kē Interpretation Section
 kǒu yì sī Directorate General for Interpretation / DG Interpretation
 kǒu yì yuán interpreter / oral translator
 kǒu yù qī oral stage (psychology)
 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom) / to repeat over and over again
 kǒu shì xīn fēi duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
 Kǒu dài Yāo guài Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen
 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous
 kǒu bēi zài dào lit. praise fills the roads (idiom) / praise everywhere / universal approbation
 kǒu bù yìng xīn to say one thing but mean another / to dissimulate
齿 kǒu chǐ líng lì eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom) / grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
齿 kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng eloquence that generates perfume (idiom) / profound and significant text
 kǒu kuài xīn zhí see 心直口快[xin1 zhi2 kou3 kuai4]
 kǒu shuō wú píng (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement / just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
 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]
  food officer
  Chief Interpreter
  oral evidence
 kǒu àn ān quán port security
 kǒu bēi liú chuán widely praised (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation
 kǒu bù zé yán to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly
齿 kǒu chǐ bù qīng to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate
齿 kǒu chǐ qīng chu clear diction / clear articulation
 kǒu chū kuáng yán to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap
 kǒu fù zhī yù desire for good food
 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom) / to talk too much
 kǒu tǔ dú yàn lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames / to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
 kǒu wú zhē lán to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / to commit a gaffe
 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])
 kǒu yǎn wāi xié facial nerve paralysis
 kǒu yǔ gōu tōng oral communication (psychology)
X光  intra-oral x-ray
  oral contraceptive
  dental operatory light
  retail ration agent / ration agent
  dictation machine / dictaphone
 kǒu jì biǎo yǎn zhě ventriloquist
 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
  Interpretation and Publishing Section
  oral polio vaccine
 kǒu liáng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng Rations Management System
 kǒu yǔ zì cí shí bié recognition of spoken word
 kǒu fù tǐ yè bǔ chōng yán oral rehydration salts
  electronic Interpreter Assignment Programme / Interpreter Management Application
  oral rehydration therapy
  verbal update
  Interpretation, Meetings and Documentation Division
  Interpretation, Meetings and Publishing Division
  International Conference on Oral Rehydration Therapy
Approximate Results for 口
 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port
 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
 jiē kǒu interface / port / connector
 mén kǒu doorway / gate / CL:個|个[ge4]
 rén kǒu population / people
 yī kǒu readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk
 duān kǒu interface / port
 shāng kǒu wound / cut
 rù kǒu entrance / to import
 xiōng kǒu chest
 gǎng kǒu port / harbor
 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account
 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
 lù kǒu crossing / intersection (of roads)
 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext
 quē kǒu nick / jag / gap / shortfall
 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
 wèi kǒu appetite / liking
 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance
 kě kǒu tasty / to taste good
 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through
 chuàn kǒu serial port (computing)
 Yíng kǒu Yingkou, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
 guān kǒu pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts
 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
 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
 Hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 / at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
 mǎn kǒu a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
 shān kǒu mountain pass
 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun
 Lóng kǒu Longkou, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
 tuō kǒu to blurt out
 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
 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])
 hé kǒu estuary / the mouth of a river
 hǔ kǒu tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb
 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed
 dù kǒu ferry crossing
 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in
 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext / also written 借口[jie4 kou3]
 lǐng kǒu collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language
 xiù kǒu cuff
 bìng kǒu parallel port (computing)
 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code
 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
 shuǎng kǒu fresh and tasty
 hú kǒu variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]
 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden
 shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
 shù kǒu to rinse one's mouth / to gargle
 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision
 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)
 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
 Jiāng kǒu Jiangkou county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
 Jiāo kǒu Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
 Gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname)
 jǐng kǒu entrance to mine
 dāng kǒu at that moment / just then
 zhuǎn kǒu entrepot / transit (of goods) / (coll.) to deny / to go back on one's word
 xìn kǒu to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking
 liè kǒu breach / split / rift / vent (volcanic crater)
 Xī kǒu Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
 chuāng kǒu a wound / a cut
 sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth / (fig.) to relent / to yield
 pò kǒu tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle
 kuā kǒu to boast
 jué kǒu (of a watercourse) to breach its banks / (of a dam) to burst
 shōu kǒu to cast off (in knitting) / to sew a finishing hem / to close up (of wound) / to heal
 qì kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 Kēng kǒu Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
 ào kǒu hard to pronounce / awkward-sounding
 zhá kǒu open sluice gate / (toll) station / boarding gate (airport etc) / (fig.) gateway (access point)
 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
 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
 chà kǒu junction / fork in road
 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
 ài kǒu narrow mountain pass / defile
 jì kǒu abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet
 yǎ kǒu as if dumb / speechless
 tǔ kǒu to spit / fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc)
 chǎng kǒu open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance)
 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
 shī kǒu slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
 huán kǒu to retort / to answer back
 chá kǒu harvested land left for rotation / an opportunity
 chuāng kǒu wound / open sore
  crimping
 ài kǒu to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
 bān kǒu to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
 Chéng kǒu Chengkou county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 cùn kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 dàng kǒu stall / booth
 Dèng kǒu Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
 dòng kǒu to use one's mouth (to say sth)
 dù kǒu to remain silent
 duǒ kǒu crenel
 ēi luó erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced "ero")
 è kǒu bad language / foul mouth
 fǎn kǒu to correct oneself / to renege / to break one's word
 hài kǒu morning sickness during pregnancy / to be pregnant
 huí kǒu to answer back
 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
 jiǎo kǒu to quarrel
 Jīng kǒu Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu
 kuān kǒu wide mouth
 kù kǒu trouser leg opening
 Lín kǒu Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang / Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
 luó kǒu rib collar / rib top of socks
 mài kǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
 máo kǒu metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe) / burr
 méi kǒu unreservedly / profusely
 Miào kǒu Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
 Pǔ kǒu Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
 Qiáo kǒu Qiaokou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
 rán kou artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors
 tǒng kǒu bunghole / see 桶孔[tong3 kong3]
 wān kǒu mouth of a bay
 xián kǒu idle talk
 xī kǒu sucker mouth
 yā kǒu (dialect) narrow mountain pass
 Yàn kǒu Yankou, village in Zhejiang Province
 Yě kǒu Noguchi (Japanese surname)
 Zhōu kǒu prefecture level city in east Henan 河南
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GDP缺 GDPquē kǒu GDP gap
N95口 N9kǒu zhào N95 mask / N95 particulate respirator / N95 disposable respirator
 yī kǒu qì one breath / in one breath / at a stretch
 jìn chū kǒu import and export
 tū pò kǒu breach / gap / breakthrough point
 chū kǒu é export amount
 zǒng rén kǒu total population
 Zhāng jiā kǒu Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei
 chū kǒu shāng exporter / export business
 jìn kǒu shāng importer / import business
 chū rù kǒu gateway
 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection
 lóu tī kǒu head of a flight of stairs
 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle
 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife
 hù kǒu běn household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate
 chū kǒu guó export State / State of export
 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple
 jìn kǒu guó import State / State of import
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