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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘴* | 嘴* | *嘴
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *含* | 含* | *含
to keep in the mouth / to contain
HSK 4
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吻* | 吻* | *吻
kiss / to kiss / mouth
HSK 7-9
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring / (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叼* | 叼* | *叼
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
HSK 7-9
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
HSK 7-9
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to be thrilled / (of sb's mouth) to form a grin
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
to wash the face and rinse the mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簋* | 簋* | *簋
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咧* | 咧* | *咧
to draw back the corners of one's mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漱* | 漱* | *漱
to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle
to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
to open and close (the mouth etc)
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward
mouth ulcer
to let go of sth held in one's mouth / (fig.) to relent / to yield
to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
corner of the mouth
to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
estuary / the mouth of a river
to kiss (on the mouth)
mouth of a well
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
to rinse one's mouth; to gargle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唵* | 唵* | *唵
(interjection) oh! / (dialect) to stuff sth in one's mouth / (used in buddhist transliterations) om
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罂* | 罂* | *罂
earthen jar with small mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腭* | 腭* | *腭
palate / roof of the mouth
to spread (by word of mouth)
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
twisted mouth / wry mouth
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盂* | 盂* | *盂
basin / wide-mouthed jar or pot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衔* | 衔* | *衔
bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title
bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喙* | 喙* | *喙
beak / snout / mouth / to pant
froth / foam (coming from the mouth)
talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盎* | 盎* | *盎
(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming; abundant
corner of the mouth
(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
lit. to play the yu mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
palate (roof of the mouth)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喁* | 喁* | *喁
(literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint
a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唫* | 唫* | *唫
to stutter / to shut one's mouth / Taiwan pr. [yin2]
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翕* | 翕* | *翕
to open and close (the mouth etc) / friendly / compliant / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
cave mouth / tunnel entrance
mouth of a spring or fountain
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噀* | 噀* | *噀
spurt out of the mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抿* | 抿* | *抿
to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip
roof of the mouth / to load a gun
parched / dry mouth
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唅* | 唅* | *唅
(literary) to put in the mouth
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans
talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music)
mouth / beak / spout / mouthpiece
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗫* | 嗫* | *嗫
move the mouth as in speaking
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
to open one's mouth / to start talking
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唿* | 唿* | *唿
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / (onom.) for the sound of the wind
to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed
to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth
bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噞* | 噞* | *噞
the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琀* | 琀* | *琀
gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
muzzle (over a dog's mouth)
hard to get one's mouth around / a tongue-twister
to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谽* | 谽* | *谽
a mouth or opening
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㖞* | 㖞* | *㖞
awry (mouth) / askew / Taiwan pr. [kuai1]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甀* | 甀* | *甀
vase with a small mouth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咡* | 咡* | *咡
space between mouth and ears
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping

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