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口

kǒu

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

口 (kǒu) means "mouth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 口 means

1. mouth
2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Example sentences

• 好胃口！
  Bon appétit!
• 你有口臭。
  Nǐ yǒu kǒuchòu.
  You have foul breath.
• 良药苦口。
  Liángyàokǔkǒu.
  Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.
• 众口难调。
  It is difficult to satisfy everyone.
• 他开口了。
  He spoke.
• 他流口水。
  He drools.

Words starting with 口

• 口味kǒu wèia person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor
• 口气kǒu qìtone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression
• 口音kǒu yinvoice; accent
• 口头kǒu tóuoral; verbal
• 口腔kǒu qiāngoral cavity
• 口袋kǒu dàipocket; bag; sack
• 口语kǒu yǔcolloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language
• 口号kǒu hàoslogan; catchphrase
• 口水kǒu shuǐsaliva
• 口吻kǒu wěntone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc)
• 口罩kǒu zhàomask (surgical etc)
• 口译kǒu yìinterpreting
• 口子kǒu zihole; opening; cut
• 口述kǒu shùto dictate; to recount orally
• 口感kǒu gǎnmouthfeel; texture (of food)
• 口试kǒu shìoral examination; oral test
• 口红kǒu hónglipstick
• 口岸kǒu àna port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries
• 口碑kǒu bēipublic praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions
• 口香糖kǒu xiāng tángchewing gum
• 口才kǒu cáieloquence
• 口令kǒu lìngoral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)…
• 口哨kǒu shàowhistle
• 口渴kǒu kěthirsty

Words containing 口

• 门口mén kǒudoorway; gate
• 入口rù kǒuentrance; to import
• 出口chū kǒuan exit; to speak; to export
• 人口rén kǒupopulation; people
• 进口jìn kǒuto import; imported; entrance
• 借口jiè kǒuto use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
• 胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking
• 港口gǎng kǒuport; harbor
• 可口kě kǒutasty; to taste good
• 缺口quē kǒunick; jag; gap
• 窗口chuāng kǒuwindow; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)…
• 一口气yī kǒu qìone breath; in one breath; at a stretch
• 开口kāi kǒuto open one's mouth; to start to talk
• 路口lù kǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
• 户口hù kǒupopulation (counted as number of households for census or taxation)…
• 伤口shāng kǒuwound; cut
• 胸口xiōng kǒuchest
• 大口dà kǒubig mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping
• 接口jiē kǒuinterface; port; connector
• 目瞪口呆mù dèng kǒu dāi(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
• 十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads; intersection
• 海口hǎi kǒuestuary; coastal inlet; river mouth
• 随口suí kǒu(speak) without thinking the matter through
• 进出口jìn chū kǒuimportation and exportation; import-export; access point…

Characters that look like 口

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 曰yuēto speak; to say

Where 口 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Description (HSK 3), High-Frequency Radicals as Meaning Cues (HSK 0), Basic Strokes and Stroke-Order Rules (HSK 0), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kǒu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.