口 (hau2 | kou3) : mouth

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口

hau2

kou3

[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)

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Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

口

This word has been viewed 25797 times since 30th Oct 2012, 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 ren2 kou3 = population

口水 hau2 seoi2 kou3 shui3 = saliva, talkative

門口 mun4 hau2 men2 kou3 = entrance; doorway

可口 ho2 hau2 ke3 kou3 = tasty; to taste good

大口 daai6 hau2 da4 kou3 = big mouth, large mouth

心口 sam1 hau2 xin1 kou3 = pit of the stomach

可口可樂 ho2 hau2 ho2 lok6 ke3 kou3 ke3 le4 = Coca-Cola

住口 zyu6 hau2 = shut up, stop talking 國

出口 ceot1 hau2 chu1 kou3 = exit; export

入口 jap6 hau2 ru4 kou3 = entrance; [粵] to put (food) into the mouth
See all 452 compounds (CantoDict reports 482 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 16 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.]

隻雀嘅唱口幾好粵
That bird sings well.

除一隻襪塞佢個口。粵
Take off a sock and stick in his mouth. [To shut someone up.]

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，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。
[Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]

你係先至講，唔好貪口爽喎粵
Tell me only if it is true, don't say it for the mere fun of it.

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.

你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口粵
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?

唔該，街口有落！粵
Excuse me, I want to get off at the intersection!
[said to minibus drivers]

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