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口子

kǒu zi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

口子 (kǒu zi) means "hole; opening; cut". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 口子 means

1. hole
2. opening
3. cut
4. gap
5. gash
6. my husband or wife
7. classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc)
8. precedent

The characters in 口子

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Words containing 口子

• 两口子liǎng kǒu zihusband and wife
• 开口子kāi kǒu zia dike breaks; fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds); to open the floodgates

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