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開口
简 开口 · 繁 開口Mandarin · pinyin kāi kǒu
Meanings
- to open one's mouth
- to start to talk
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1–3 · kai1 kou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hoi1 hau2
Cantonese word readings for 開口. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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hoi1 hau2
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
verb
- to open one's mouth; (impersonal) to have an opening
- to start talking or singing
- to speak up (to dare to speak)
- to laugh out loud
- to crack open
- to sharpen (a new knife or pair of scissors) before use
- to breach a dam
- (literary) to eat
noun
- opening
- (Chinese phonetics) short for 開口呼／开口呼 (kāikǒuhū, “open-mouth sounds”)
- (aviation) open jaw
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