開口 (hoi1 hau2 | kai1 kou3) : open one's mouth, start to talk; open mouthed at a loss for words

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開口

hoi1 hau2

kai1 kou3

[1] open one's mouth, start to talk
[2] open mouth (to describe an object)
[3] open mouthed at a loss for words | [粵]: 擘大口

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,730,000

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

開口 / 开口

This word has been viewed 1460 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Aug 2005 05:14 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

開 hoi1 - open
口 hau2 - mouth

8 compounds containing this word:

只需開口 - for the asking ("only needs to open mouth")
開口子 - (of a dyke) to break, to burst; to chap (lips)
發開口夢 - to talk nonsense (lit., "talking out loud during dreams")
開口埋口都話 - whenever one speaks, one (always) says that...
開口銷 - a cotter pin
開口埋口 - whenever one speaks...; always talks about
開口𤜯着脷 - put one's foot in one's mouth
開口及着脷 - variant of 開口𤜯着脷

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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.

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