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封口

fēng kǒu

2-character word

What 封口 means

1. to keep one's lips sealed
2. (of a wound) to heal
3. to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc)
4. the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc
5. (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)

The characters in 封口

• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Example sentences

• 被害人被勒索支付封口费已经很多年, 但现在他意识到这样做是愚蠢的, 而且他已经决定再也不付一毛钱了。
  Bèihàirén bèi lèsuǒ zhīfù fēngkǒufèi yǐjīng hěn duō nián, dàn xiànzài tā yìshí dào zhèyàng zuò shì yúchǔn de, érqiě tā yǐjīng juédìng zàiyě bù fù yī máo qián le.
  The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and he has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Words starting with 封口

• 封口费fēng kǒu fèihush money

Sounds the same

Read fēng kǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 风口air vent; drafty place; wind gap (geology)