口
Meanings
- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Characters in this entry
- 口
- kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
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Mandarin tones
3 · kou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hau2
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character · Etymology 1
- (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)
- entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
- gateway; mountain pass
- hole; cut
- blade; edge of a knife
- port
- perimeter
- government organ; department
- Classifier for family members, populations, livestock. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- Classifier for bites or mouthfuls.
- Classifier for things with an opening: wells, pots, jars, guns, etc.
- Classifier for utensils with a blade: knives, swords, etc.
- (neologism, slang) to fellate
- a surname
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