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碍口

ài kǒu

2-character word Traditional 礙口

What 碍口 means

1. to shy to speak out
2. tongue-tied
3. to hesitate
4. too embarrassing for words

The characters in 碍口

• 碍àito hinder; to obstruct; to block
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Words starting with 碍口

• 碍口识羞ài kǒu shí xiūtongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)

Sounds the same

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

• 隘口mountain pass