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Definition
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mouth (of human being or an animal)
他口很干，需要喝上一杯。His mouth was dry, he needed a drink.
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entrance
把着胡同口儿有个小饭馆。There's a small restaurant at the entrance of the alley.
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opening
门口有一个人。There's someone at the door.
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exit
我在出口等你。I'll wait for you at the exit.一个“口”字告诉你从哪里出去，就是“出口”。A "mouth" character that tells you where to go out is an "exit".
- meaning component
- measure word
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classifier (for things with mouths - persons, domestic animals, knives, etc or bites and mouthfuls)
他家有五口人。There are five people in his family.
- cut
- hole
- radical (Kang Xi 30)
Be careful: 口 is often mixed up with 囗. But 口 is slightly smaller.
口 is also a super-powerful meaning component
You'll find it as a meaning component for characters such as mouth, language, actions of the mouth, entrance, sound… and square things. Learn more about 口 as a component in other characters: 口 the meaning component
Compounds (600)
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
modal particle (used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggestion); let's; (...) right (?); (...) OK (?)
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧
within; centre; phonetic component; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
to hit (the mark); to fit exactly; to be hit (by); to fall (into); to be affected (by); to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)
and you? ; particle to return a question; particle indicating continuation of state or action (often used with 在); particle indicating strong affirmation (used at the end of a declarative sentence); question particle (for subjects already mentioned); interrogative final; empathic final; question tag
(sentence-final) particle; contraction of 了啊 (indicating exclamation); particle placed after each item in a list of examples
ah; (modal) particle (ending a sentence to show affirmation, approval, or consent); (affirmation) particle; (surprise) particle
particle (equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt); interjection; expression of surprise; expression of doubt
modal particle (indicating that something is obvious); duh(!); particle (indicating a pause for emphasis)
sun; day; date (of the month); radical (Kang Xi 72); meaning component (sun, light, time...); date
can; may; able (to); to be willing (to); to allow; to approve; to permit; but; yet; however; about; very; phonetic component; particle used for emphasis
to add; plus; to apply (restrictions etc) to (someone): to give (support, consideration, and so on, to something)
OK (nonverbal grunt); yeah; what (?); interjection (to express agreement, approval, appreciation or pledge); (final) particle
OK (nonverbal grunt); yeah; what (?); interjection (to express agreement, approval, appreciation or pledge); (final) particle
OK (nonverbal grunt); yeah; what (?); interjection (to express agreement, approval, appreciation or pledge); (final) particle
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier (for acts of a play); measure word; section or chapter (of a classic book)
always; invariably; surely; certainly; to assemble; to put together; to sum up; gather; total; overall; in every case; head; chief; general
name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier (for people); measure word
hey (!); interjection (used to attract attention or to show surprise or disapprobation); interjection (used to remind someone of something)
oh; modal particle (at the end of a sentence to convey informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy); (may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of); surprise particle (indicating suprise)
desk; table; platform (or anything shaped like a platform); stage; terrace; stand; support; classifier (for vehicles, certain machines, apparatus, instruments); measure word (for a whole performance on stage); your (honorific term of address, formal)
platform; stage; classifier (for vehicles or machines); measure word; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station
the bleating of sheep; final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
(modal) particle (indicating lack of enthusiasm); (particle indicating that) something is obvious; particle (expressing resignation); (modal) particle (indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way)
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds); Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha; (dialect) final particle similar to 了 (esp. in Yunnan)
to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
article; commodity; product; goods; kind; grade; rank; character; disposition; nature; temperament; variety; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up
to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb
to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb
to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)
(main) hall; main room (of a house); court (of law); large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier (for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc); measure word
to harm; to impair; to cause trouble (to); to do harm (to); to kill; harm; evil; calamity; harmful; destructive; injurious
(final particle equivalent to 了); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)
to dispense (with); to excuse (somebody); to exempt; to waive; to remove (from office); to dismiss (from office); to relieve; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be not allowed; to be prohibited
to make a noise; to disturb by making a noise; noisy; to argue; to quarrel; to squabble; to wrangle
sound; to make a sound; noise; noisy; classifier (for noises); loud; loudly; to ring; echo; response
to tell; to inform; graphic component (often seen in other characters); to say; to notify; to sue; to denounce; to ask (for); to request; to declare; to announce
capital (city of a country); phonetic component; ten quadrillion; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
(of a smell) strong; peak season (of a crop); (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
eye; item; meaning component (eyes, vision...); radical (Kang Xi 109); section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten; to awaken; to state; to inform; Qi (son of Yu the Great to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten; to awaken; to state; to inform; Qi (son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] - c. 2070-c. 1600 BC), reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 - c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
salty; salted; stingy; miserly; (as an adverb, literary) all; everyone; widespread; harmonious
paw; palm (of the hand); sole (of the foot); horseshoe; to slap; to hold (in one's hand); to wield
to bind; to beam; to tie; to control; to restrain; bunch; bundle; classifier (for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc); measure word
to chant; to recite; to moan; to groan; cry (of certain animals and insects); song (ancient poem)
to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb
to sting (of mosquitoes, bees etc); to bite (of mosquitos, bees, etc).; to ask again (to make sure); to urge insistently; to say repeatedly (to persist); to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
(interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue; to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak
hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om
100L; radical (Kang Xi 112); one hundred liters; ten pecks; stone; dry measure for grain equal to ten 斗
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
100 ml; graphic component (often seen in other characters); one-tenth (of a peck); one-tenth of a liter (measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗)
exaggerative; boastful; for nothing; in vain; empty; Tang Dynasty (618-907); (kind of) plum; abrupt; rude
to close; to shut; to join; to combine; to suit; whole; to agree; to be equal to; to add up to; proper (formal); conjunction (astronomy)
pitch pipe; pitch standard; one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system; musical note; temperament (music); surname; spine; backbone
meaning component (net, net related actions; extend meaning like net of justice...); radical (Kang Xi 122)
Related words (349)
tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face
hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier (for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc)); measure word; precedent
to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc); to profess conviction; to say that one is convinced
(colloquial) speech; oral language; colloquial language; colloquialism; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip
meaning behind the words; what sb really means to say; one's intentions as revealed in one's words; tone of speech
stomatitis; ulceration of oral cavity; inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
(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
to start talking; openings; to open one's mouth; to start to talk; open; to sharpen (a new knife before using it); laugh and loud; to breach (a dam); to eat; to request; to ask (for)
to gape; to yawn; to open one's mouth; to start speaking; to talk carelessly; to talk out of place
to return to one's original trade; to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority; (the) relevant (department in charge of sth)
population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account
(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
a mouthful; (of speech) pure: perfect accent; substance of speech all of a kind (e.g. all lies); unreservedly (accept, agree, promise etc)
tear or rupture; to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes); without restraint (e.g. of swearing)
incomplete meal of a single dish; meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine; rice without meat or vegetables
window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; (fig.) medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground
(lit.) bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口); (fig.) earnestly (of warning, advice)
open sluice gate; (toll) station; boarding gate (airport etc); (fig.) gateway (access point)
to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)
household register; residence registration booklet; household registration booklet; residence certificate
to sound out opinions; to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning; also written 探口风
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
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
to speak like a printed book; quick and clever talking; the gift of the gab
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry); to recite with ease; catchy (of a song)
(lit.) one-track path; fig. to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn-sheet
Proverbs (2)
(lit.) to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); (fig.) to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success
(lit.) you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); (fig.) learn to walk before you run
Idioms (56)
(lit.) praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation
mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib; voluble; have the gift of the gab
(lit.) honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
(lit.) public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom); (fig.) public clamor can obscure the actual truth; mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous
(lit.) to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself; saying one thing but meaning sth different
(lit.) heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think; honest and straightforward
(lit.) convinced in heart and by word (idiom); sincerely convinced and ready to concede
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; (fig.) greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor
(lit.) light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to remain tight-lipped; to avoid mentioning
not to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge
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