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順口

简顺口 · 繁順口

Mandarin · pinyin shùn kǒu

to read smoothly (of text)
to blurt out (without thinking)
to suit one's taste (of food)

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口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
顺: shùn · obey, submit to, go along with

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4–3 · shun4 kou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

seon6 hau2

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

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adj

easy and smooth to read
agreeable to one's taste

adv

(of speech) without thinking it through; casually; thoughtlessly

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