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口水

kǒu shuǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

口水 (kǒu shuǐ) means "saliva". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 口水 means

1. saliva

The characters in 口水

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 他流口水。
  He drools.
• 我在流口水。
  I'm drooling.
• 这个漱口水的薄荷味太重了。
  Zhège shùkǒushuǐ de bòhewèi tài zhòng le.
  The peppermint flavor in this mouthwash is too strong.
• 这个牌子的漱口水的味道好怪。
  Zhège páizi de shùkǒushuǐ de wèidao hǎo guài.
  The flavors of this brand's mouthwash are weird.

Words starting with 口水

• 口水战kǒu shuǐ zhànwar of words
• 口水歌kǒu shuǐ gēbubblegum pop song; cover song
• 口水鸡kǒu shuǐ jīsteamed chicken with chili sauce
• 口水仗kǒu shuǐ zhàngdispute; spat; shouting match
• 口水佬kǒu shuǐ lǎotalkative person (Cantonese)

Words containing 口水

• 流口水liú kǒu shuǐto drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to lust after
• 飙口水biāo kǒu shuǐgossip; idle chat
• 漱口水shù kǒu shuǐmouthwash
• 淌口水tǎng kǒu shuǐto let saliva dribble from the mouth; to slobber

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