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
trouser leg opening
trouser leg opening
Yankou, village in Zhejiang Province
Yankou, village in Zhejiang Province
to say sth personally; fig. in one's own words
to quarrel
to boast
to boast; to talk big
to boast; to talk big
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
trafficking in human beings
trafficking in human beings
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
to make oneself an object of ridicule
to make oneself an object of ridicule
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
3rd lunar day; bad day for visits, quarrels
soft palate; velum
soft palate; velum
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
entrepot; transit (of goods); (coll.) to deny