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口头

kǒu tóu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 口頭

口头 (kǒu tóu) means "oral". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 口头 means

1. oral
2. verbal

The characters in 口头

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 我不需要你口头上的温柔。
  I don't need your verbal gentleness.

Words starting with 口头

• 口头禅kǒu tóu chánZen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
• 口头语kǒu tóu yǔpet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking

Where 口头 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · kǒng–kǒu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kǒu tóu correctly.
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