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

同声 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
chà kǒu junction; fork in road
zhá kǒu area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou; open sluice gate; (toll) station; boarding gate (airport etc); (fig.) gateway (access point)
粮 kǒu liáng ration
否认 shǐ kǒu fǒu rèn to deny flatly
福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food
商 jìn kǒu shāng importer; import business
三缄其 sān jiān qí kǒu (idiom) reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped
相声 dān kǒu xiàng shēng comic monologue; one-person comic sketch
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
xīn kǒu pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts
shuǎng kǒu fresh and tasty
令 rào kǒu lìng tongue-twister
服 kǒu fú to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc); to say that one is convinced
试 kǒu shì oral examination; oral test
心服服 xīn fú kǒu fú to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over
咬定 yī kǒu yǎo dìng to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab
ài kǒu narrow mountain pass; defile
fēng kǒu air vent; drafty place; wind gap (geology); tuyere (furnace air nozzle)
ào kǒu hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle
数 rén kǒu shù population
诀 kǒu jué mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
心直快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài frank and outspoken (idiom); straight speaking; to say what one thinks