kǒu

mouth

HSK 3 #212

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 212th character
Radical ⼝ (30.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 38

Definitions

口 kǒu
  1. 1. mouth
  2. 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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Words containing 口

Word Meaning
wrist pulse point in Chinese medicine
to blurt out
to blurt out
(loanword) talk show; stand-up comedy
(loanword) talk show; stand-up comedy
to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom)
to heave a sigh of relief
to heave a sigh of relief
good medicine tastes bitter; hard truth hurts
good advice is hard to accept
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter liáng yào kǔ kǒu)
harvested land left for rotation; an opportunity
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)
Phyllostomatidae (zoology)
to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse
to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
Hongkou district, central Shanghai
Hongkou district, central Shanghai
to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks
to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks
huge bloody mouth; cruel, greedy person
to blurt out without thinking (idiom)
to blurt out without thinking (idiom)