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hau2
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[1] [n] mouth [2] open end; opening [3] entrance; gate (especially in the Great Wall or city walls) [4] [n] person [5] a certain article (as a cistern, a big jar, etc) [6] [n] edge or blade of a knife [7] [n] crack [8] KangXi radical 30 (mouth) Default PoS:  Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 | ||
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人口
jan4 hau2 = population
心口
sam1 hau2 = the chest
口水
hau2 seoi2 = saliva, talkative
門口
mun4 hau2 = entrance; doorway
可口
ho2 hau2 = tasty; to taste good
大口
daai6 hau2 = big mouth, large mouth
可口可樂
ho2 hau2 ho2 lok6 = Coca-Cola
住口
zyu6 hau2 = shut up, stop talking 國
出口
ceot1 hau2 = exit; export
入口
jap6 hau2 = entrance; [粵] to put (food) into the mouthSee all 421 compounds (CantoDict reports 447 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 口
我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now. [literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添 粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.
BB要食奶，快啲將背囊裡面個口水肩笠上BB度. 粵
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。
佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮 粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫 粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 口
Unicode code for this character: U+53e3 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 口
Unicode code for this character: U+53e3 (off-site link)
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