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口音

kǒu yin

HSK 6 2-character word

What 口音 means

1. voice
2. accent

Other readings

口音 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kǒu yīnoral speech sounds

The characters in 口音

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)

Example sentences

• 他的口音！
  His accent!
• 我有什幺口音？
  What accent have I got?
• 你说话带口音吗？
  Do you speak with an accent?
• 汤姆讲话不带口音。
  Tom speaks without an accent.
• 他说英语有德国口音。
  Tā shuō Yīngyǔ yǒu Déguó kǒuyīn.
  He speaks English with a German accent.
• 他有一口有趣的口音。
  He had a funny accent.