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口
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Definitions
- 1. mouth
- 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Example Sentences
1 shown初學者應先學習 口 說英語。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 口
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
one's own mouth
(coll.) young married couple
to stammer
to blurt sth out
air vent
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think
intersection (of roads)
Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[hǎi nán shěng]
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
tasty; to taste good
a port for external trade
to take medicine orally
mountain pass
window
estuary
to sound out opinions
window (interval of time)
Web portal
swear words
unreservedly
populous
Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan
(broadcasting) to speak to the audience
Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning
population
export amount
to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
air vent
to blurt out
population density
interpreting
lip synching
to whistle
a dike breaks
appealing to the masses
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
parallel port (computing)
to avoid mentioning (idiom)
pass
lipstick
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
maar
Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu
(speak) without thinking the matter through
oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
FDDI
(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
(loanword) talk show
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)
to blab
laughing Maitreya
to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
war of words
oral message
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
to spout nonsense
desire for good food
Longkou, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence
duplicity
total population
Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
to refuse to say anything about (idiom)
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
census
artificial beard worn by Chinese opera actors
empty promises
Jiangkou county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
to scrape a meager living
breach
Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
tiger's den
female external genitalia (anatomy)
a full mouth of (sth physical)
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[shào yáng], Hunan
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!
interface
Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
incision
to one's taste
keep your thoughts to yourself
to speak incoherently
readily
to praise profusely
interface module
(road) intersection
to import
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
awkward in speech
Saint George's mushroom (Tricholoma mongplicum)
exit poll
to read smoothly (of text)
Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
indistinct in one's speech
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei
Roving Analysis Port
to pour out lies
bunghole
see 心直口快[xīn zhí kǒu kuài]
Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning
Qiaokou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
clear diction
to lisp
low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled
serial port (computing)
to sigh
Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[zhèn jiāng shì], Jiangsu
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
to let saliva dribble from the mouth
manner of speech
tongue-twister
oral
ticket window
as if dumb
to change one's tune
oral cavity
Jinkouhe district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
to be praised by everyone
mouthparts (of animal or insect)
one breath
demography
to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
crossroads
hard to pronounce
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Chengkou county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
air intake vent
lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned
slip of the tongue
Zhoukou, prefecture-level city in east Henan 河南
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
to make a false countercharge
tear or rupture
oral sex
management interface
mouth and teeth
ventriloquist
Haikou prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[hǎi nán shěng]
(of a watercourse) to breach its banks
to blurt out without thinking (idiom)
to apply for residence
to use as an excuse
Jew's harp
Jew's harp
to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family
Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
population studies
to make empty promises
to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom)
to arbitrarily assert
to speak conceited nonsense
bad language
Yingkou, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
to boast
to retort
meaning behind the words
altercation; wrangle; angry argument
narrow mountain pass
census
importer
trouser leg opening
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
Yingkou, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
stall
comic crosstalk
chewing gum
Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
Jiangkou county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou
brain-computer interface
food
to pour out obscenities
idle talk
doorway
port
nuclear export control
popular piece of doggerel
flounder
orally transmitted
to quarrel
dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied
to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
happy knack for chancing upon fine food
exports
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
to use as an excuse
Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
crenel
chest
wound
trafficking in human beings
Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[běn zhōu]
the area north of the Great Wall
to correct oneself
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
Hongkou district, central Shanghai
to remain silent
voice
Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
different mouths, same voice
beatboxing
ferry crossing
plughole
mouthfeel; texture (of food)
interface
mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)
erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced \ero\)
entrance
gauze mask
Hukou township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
mouth and nose
serial port (computing)
export product
rib collar
Zen saying repeated as cant
supraoral tooth
to support one's family (idiom)
(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia
to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)
(knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind
too frightened to move or speak
Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
Coca-Cola
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
fascia
a wound
to sound out opinions
mouth ulcer
water outlet
to melt in one's mouth
socket (for an electric plug)
dialogue (for stage performance)
all of one voice
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
The Coca-Cola Company
At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]
to arrange to give the same story
tone of voice
gossip
medium interface connector
transient population
Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
data interface
manhole
Danjiangkou, county-level city in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei
Qiaokou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
human hand foot and mouth disease, a viral infection
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc)
to speak off the cuff
port city
thirsty
shut up
colloquial speech
to be able to read aloud fluently
wide mouth
bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
Hekou Yaozu autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[hóng hé hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
low-cut neckline
complimentary remarks
to spit
appetite
to use one's mouth (to say sth)
to open one's mouth
(of people) to be of one voice (idiom)
bad breath
Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市[shí zuǐ shān shì], Ningxia
large caliber
to answer back
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
collar
to make oneself an object of ridicule
oral communication (psychology)
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC)
see 誇海口|夸海口[kuā hǎi kǒu]
Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
to abuse roundly
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
to eat one's fill
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
estuary
area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou
Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區|房山区[fáng shān qū], Beijing
mouth like a torrent (idiom)
oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bǐ gòng])
registered residence
oral examination
Jägermeister (alcoholic drink)
Jew's harp
Ethernet port
harvested land left for rotation
see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bì kǒu bù yán]
harmonica
to heave a sigh of relief
lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth
oral sex
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
dull-witted and tongue-tied
facial nerve paralysis
(literary) inarticulate
to impair the appetite
tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)
boarding gate
whistle
export product
to return to one's original trade
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
parallel port (computing)
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
to promise readily
to let go of sth held in one's mouth
fresh and tasty
The Export-Import Bank of China (state-owned bank)
coin slot
to trap a suspect into a confession
tone of voice
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
departure gate (aviation)
metal filings (e.g. from a drill or lathe)
where the wind and the waves are the fiercest
sucker mouth
to deny flatly
caliber
Meihekou, county-level city in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
strong flavor (spicy, salty etc)
(ox etc) tongue (as food)
beat boxing
mouth full of literary phrases
crossing
mask (surgical etc)
(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
(Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chū kǒu chéng zhāng])
optical interface
Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei
population
price per port
eloquence
matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
exhaust vent
(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
Hukou County in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
to shy to speak out
pet phrase
(coll.) to keep sb in suspense
hush money
import and export
bubblegum pop song
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
slang
ration
Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
user-network interface
lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei
Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
chewing gum
bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
frank and outspoken (idiom)
saliva
PRC system of compulsory registration
nick
slogan
Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[shān dōng]
head of a flight of stairs
to speak without thinking (idiom)
an exit
war of words
ice-free port (refers to Vladivostok)
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc)
incomplete meal of a single dish
Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
liquor (loanword)
narrator
tinplate
lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom)
band-aid
oral speech sounds (linguistics)
Longkou, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
to argue needlessly
to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry)
breach
oral command
Yankou, village in Zhejiang Province
application programming interface (API)
Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Meihekou, county-level city in Tonghua 通化, Jilin
oral sex
female connector
morning sickness during pregnancy
a person's preferences
glue stick
bubble-gum
common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
to keep silent (idiom)
soft palate
Chengkou county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
to dictate
to take one's revenge
to speak
gateway
to give cause for gossip
corner of the mouth
(fig.) food
talkative person (Cantonese)
lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
oral stage (psychology)
entrance to mine
(of writing) elegant and ornate
soft-spoken
abstain from certain food (as when ill)
pit of the stomach
to quarrel
to boast
entrepot
air vent; air outlet
densely populated
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself
tongue twister
network management interface
Danjiangkou, county-level city in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei
stomatitis
to spoil one's appetite
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
dispute
Jinkouhe district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
lit. one-track path; fig. to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue
to look for a pretext
diction
the edge of a knife
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei
junction
hole
residence certificate
to readily consent
Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
volcanic crater
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
muzzle of a gun
application programming interface (API)
to close up
gas or air outlet
mnemonic chant
see 櫻桃小嘴|樱桃小嘴[yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ]
spittle
not to be crushed (idiom)
dragged down by having a family to feed
tied down by family obligations
public praise
(economics) demographic dividend
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company
water inlet
at gunpoint
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[kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí])
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
to rinse one's mouth
melodica
muzzle (over a dog's mouth)
open-mouthed (jar etc)
Hukou county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
User-Network Interface
comic monologue
at that moment
to accept wholeheartedly
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)
trafficking in persons
incessant complaining
interpreter
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
wound
cyclostome (marine biology)
to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
husband and wife
lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom)
Hekou district of Dongying city 東營市|东营市[dōng yíng shì], Shandong
third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
to heave a sigh of relief
Gangkou district of Fangchenggang city 防城港市[fáng chéng gǎng shì], Guangxi
(dialect) narrow mountain pass
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
to say one thing but mean another
prefecture level city in east Henan 河南
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
delicious
propriety in speech
web portal
cuff
exporter
to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander
Dengkou county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
to spout nonsense
stunned
(idiom) to take all one's family along; encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
Shahekou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[dà lián shì], Liaoning
steamed chicken with chili sauce
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much