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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
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  *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
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face (CL:個|个)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *含* | 含* | *含
to keep in the mouth / to contain
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
(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
to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吻* | 吻* | *吻
kiss / to kiss / mouth
HSK 7-9
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
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
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唫* | 唫* | *唫
to stutter / to shut one's mouth / Taiwan pr. [yin2]
to rinse one's mouth; to gargle
twisted mouth / wry mouth
mouth ulcer
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever
to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings
to spread (by word of mouth)
estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口
a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking
corner of the mouth / labial angle
a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
corner of the mouth
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
mouth of a well
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly
Hormuz Island, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
mouth / beak / spout / mouthpiece
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly
(lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music)
to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咧* | 咧* | *咧
to draw back the corners of one's mouth
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly
(of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth
roof of the mouth / to load a gun
mouth of a spring or fountain
(Internet slang) to mouth off / to shoot one's mouth off / sb who does that
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漱* | 漱* | *漱
to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
corner of the mouth
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
open-mouthed (jar etc) / (of speech) freely / exposure (finance)
one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *銜* | 銜* | *銜
bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
froth / foam (coming from the mouth)
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
(onom.) muttering / to whisper / mouthing words
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
to use one's mouth (to say sth)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噙* | 噙* | *噙
to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
to rinse one's mouth with river water / (fig.) to live a hermit's life
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint
sucker mouth
to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche
a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抿* | 抿* | *抿
to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip
to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罌* | 罌* | *罌
earthen jar with small mouth
lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom) / fig. rara avis / rarity
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囁* | 囁* | *囁
move the mouth as in speaking
bad language / foul mouth
to weight sth with lead / (of a die) loaded / to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punishment)
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
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

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