口齒

简 口齿 · 繁 口齒
Mandarin · pinyin kǒu chǐ

Meanings

  1. mouth and teeth
  2. enunciation
  3. to articulate
  4. diction
  5. age (of cattle, horses etc)
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口
kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
齒
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齿
chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
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3–3 · kou3 chi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hau2 ci2

Cantonese word readings for 口齒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hau2 ci2

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noun

  1. (literally) mouth and teeth
  2. (figuratively) enunciation; clear pronunciation; articulation
  3. (figuratively) ability to speak; diction
  4. (figuratively) age of a draught animal
  5. (Cantonese) trustworthiness

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