kǒu

mouth; open end; entrance, gate

HSK 3 #212

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

倒胃 dǎo wèi kǒu to spoil one's appetite; fig. to get fed up with sth
声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
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
目瞪呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned
sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth; (fig.) to relent; to yield
开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé to speak without thinking (idiom); to blurt sth out
xìn kǒu to blurt sth out; to open one's mouth without thinking
zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)
duān kǒu interface; port
赞不绝 zàn bù jué kǒu to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
dāo kǒu the edge of a knife; cut; incision
碑 kǒu bēi public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
dù kǒu ferry crossing
吃 kǒu chī to stammer; to stutter; also pr. [kou3 ji2]
shān kǒu Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name); Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]; mountain pass
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])
shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)
shàng kǒu to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud
小两 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple
lǐng kǒu collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
语 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip; CL:門|门[men2]
大骂 pò kǒu dà mà to abuse roundly
子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife
jiāo kǒu Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
朗朗上 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry); to recite with ease; catchy (of a song)