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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
口 kǒu	口 \| 口* \| *口	mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls	HSK 3


入口 rùkǒu	入口 \| 入口* \| *入口	entrance / to import	HSK 4


出口 chūkǒu	出口 \| 出口* \| *出口	an exit / CL: 個｜个 / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port	HSK 5


口味 kǒuwèi	口味 \| 口味* \| *口味	a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor	HSK 5


借口 jièkǒu	借口 \| 借口* \| *借口	to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext	HSK 5


人口 rénkǒu	人口 \| 人口* \| *人口	population / people	HSK 5


胃口 wèikǒu	胃口 \| 胃口* \| *胃口	appetite / liking	HSK 5


口腔 kǒuqiāng	口腔 \| 口腔* \| *口腔	oral cavity	HSK 6


口氣 kǒuqì	口氣 \| 口氣* \| *口氣	tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone	口气 HSK 6


可口 kěkǒu	可口 \| 可口* \| *可口	tasty; to taste good	HSK 6


港口 gǎngkǒu	港口 \| 港口* \| *港口	port / harbor	HSK 6


口頭 kǒutóu	口頭 \| 口頭* \| *口頭	oral / verbal	口头 HSK 6


口音 kǒuyīn	口音 \| 口音* \| *口音	oral speech sounds (linguistics)	HSK 6


缺口 quēkǒu	缺口 \| 缺口* \| *缺口	nick / jag / gap / shortfall	HSK 6


山口 Shānkǒu	山口 \| 山口* \| *山口	Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name) / Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州


山口 shānkǒu	山口 \| 山口* \| *山口	mountain pass


口袋 kǒudài	口袋 \| 口袋* \| *口袋	pocket / bag / sack / CL: 個｜个


口水 kǒushuǐ	口水 \| 口水* \| *口水	saliva


胸口 xiōngkǒu	胸口 \| 胸口* \| *胸口	chest


袖口 xiùkǒu	袖口 \| 袖口* \| *袖口	cuff


口碑 kǒubēi	口碑 \| 口碑* \| *口碑	public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom


口才 kǒucái	口才 \| 口才* \| *口才	eloquence


口罩 kǒuzhào	口罩 \| 口罩* \| *口罩	mask (surgical etc)


一口 yīkǒu	一口 \| 一口* \| *一口	readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite


口令 kǒulìng	口令 \| 口令* \| *口令	oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)


路口 lùkǒu	路口 \| 路口* \| *路口	crossing / intersection (of roads)


進口 jìnkǒu	進口 \| 進口* \| *進口	to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)	进口


隨口 suíkǒu	隨口 \| 隨口* \| *隨口	(speak) without thinking the matter through	随口


藉口 jièkǒu	藉口 \| 藉口* \| *藉口	to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext / also written 借口


口福 kǒufú	口福 \| 口福* \| *口福	happy knack for chancing upon fine food


城口 Chéngkǒu	城口 \| 城口* \| *城口	Chengkou county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan


口哨 kǒushào	口哨 \| 口哨* \| *口哨	whistle


糊口 húkǒu	糊口 \| 糊口* \| *糊口	to scrape a meager living / to get by with difficulty


傷口 shāngkǒu	傷口 \| 傷口* \| *傷口	wound / cut	伤口


野口 Yěkǒu	野口 \| 野口* \| *野口	Noguchi (Japanese surname)


口訣 kǒujué	口訣 \| 口訣* \| *口訣	mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)	口诀


張口 zhāngkǒu	張口 \| 張口* \| *張口	to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)	张口


河口 hékǒu	河口 \| 河口* \| *河口	estuary / the mouth of a river


一口氣 yīkǒuqì	一口氣 \| 一口氣* \| *一口氣	one breath / in one breath / at a stretch	一口气


門口 ménkǒu	門口 \| 門口* \| *門口	doorway / gate / CL: 個｜个	门口


口是心非 kǒushìxīnfēi	口是心非 \| 口是心非* \| *口是心非	duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)


目瞪口呆 mùdèngkǒudāi	目瞪口呆 \| 目瞪口呆* \| *目瞪口呆	dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied / stunned


井口 jǐngkǒu	井口 \| 井口* \| *井口	entrance to mine


脫口秀 tuōkǒuxiù	脫口秀 \| 脫口秀* \| *脫口秀	(loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy	脱口秀


口試 kǒushì	口試 \| 口試* \| *口試	oral examination / oral test	口试


啞口無言 yǎkǒuwúyán	啞口無言 \| 啞口無言* \| *啞口無言	dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless; at a loss for words	哑口无言


滅口 mièkǒu	滅口 \| 滅口* \| *滅口	to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb	灭口


封口 fēngkǒu	封口 \| 封口* \| *封口	to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed


口述 kǒushù	口述 \| 口述* \| *口述	to dictate / to recount orally


口頭禪 kǒutóuchán	口頭禪 \| 口頭禪* \| *口頭禪	Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase	口头禅


大武口 Dàwǔkǒu	大武口 \| 大武口* \| *大武口	Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia


美味可口 měiwèikěkǒu	美味可口 \| 美味可口* \| *美味可口	delicious / tasty


口糧 kǒuliáng	口糧 \| 口糧* \| *口糧	ration	口粮


戶口本 hùkǒuběn	戶口本 \| 戶口本* \| *戶口本	household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate	户口本


洞口 Dòngkǒu	洞口 \| 洞口* \| *洞口	Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽｜邵阳, Hunan


洞口 dòngkǒu	洞口 \| 洞口* \| *洞口	cave mouth / tunnel entrance


繞口令 ràokǒulìng	繞口令 \| 繞口令* \| *繞口令	tongue-twister	绕口令


龍口 Lóngkǒu	龍口 \| 龍口* \| *龍口	Longkou, county-level city in Yantai 煙台｜烟台, Shandong	龙口


交口 Jiāokǒu	交口 \| 交口* \| *交口	Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁｜吕梁, Shanxi 山西


爽口 shuǎngkǒu	爽口 \| 爽口* \| *爽口	fresh and tasty


滿口 mǎnkǒu	滿口 \| 滿口* \| *滿口	a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly	满口


嘆口氣 tànkǒuqì	嘆口氣 \| 嘆口氣* \| *嘆口氣	to sigh	叹口气


戶口名簿 hùkǒumíngbù	戶口名簿 \| 戶口名簿* \| *戶口名簿	(Tw) household registration certificate (identity document)	户口名簿


動口 dòngkǒu	動口 \| 動口* \| *動口	to use one's mouth (to say sth)	动口


浦口 Pǔkǒu	浦口 \| 浦口* \| *浦口	Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇｜江苏


口語 kǒuyǔ	口語 \| 口語* \| *口語	colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門｜门	口语


交叉口 jiāochākǒu	交叉口 \| 交叉口* \| *交叉口	(road) intersection


口無遮攔 kǒuwúzhēlán	口無遮攔 \| 口無遮攔* \| *口無遮攔	to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / to commit a gaffe	口无遮拦


口子 kǒuzi	口子 \| 口子* \| *口子	hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent


戶口 hùkǒu	戶口 \| 戶口* \| *戶口	population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account	户口


改口 gǎikǒu	改口 \| 改口* \| *改口	to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 媽媽｜妈妈)


出水口 chūshuǐkǒu	出水口 \| 出水口* \| *出水口	water outlet / drainage outlet


溪口 Xīkǒu	溪口 \| 溪口* \| *溪口	Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣｜嘉义县, west Taiwan


口吃 kǒuchī	口吃 \| 口吃* \| *口吃	to stammer; to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3 ji2]


人口密度 rénkǒumìdù	人口密度 \| 人口密度* \| *人口密度	population density


口吻 kǒuwěn	口吻 \| 口吻* \| *口吻	tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face


京口 Jīngkǒu	京口 \| 京口* \| *京口	Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市｜镇江市, Jiangsu


口淫 kǒuyín	口淫 \| 口淫* \| *口淫	oral sex / fellatio


口交 kǒujiāo	口交 \| 口交* \| *口交	oral sex


口風 kǒufēng	口風 \| 口風* \| *口風	meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech	口风


口號 kǒuhào	口號 \| 口號* \| *口號	slogan / catchphrase / CL: 個｜个	口号


上口 shàngkǒu	上口 \| 上口* \| *上口	to be able to read aloud fluently / to be suitable (easy enough) for reading aloud


口音 kǒuyin	口音 \| 口音* \| *口音	voice / accent


港口城市 gǎngkǒuchéngshì	港口城市 \| 港口城市* \| *港口城市	port city


苦口婆心 kǔkǒupóxīn	苦口婆心 \| 苦口婆心* \| *苦口婆心	earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently


口舌 kǒushé	口舌 \| 口舌* \| *口舌	dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round


破口 pòkǒu	破口 \| 破口* \| *破口	tear or rupture / to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes) / without restraint (e.g. of swearing)


親口 qīnkǒu	親口 \| 親口* \| *親口	one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally	亲口


風口 fēngkǒu	風口 \| 風口* \| *風口	air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad	风口


周口店 Zhōukǒudiàn	周口店 \| 周口店* \| *周口店	Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區｜房山区, Beijing


梅河口 Méihékǒu	梅河口 \| 梅河口* \| *梅河口	Meihekou, county-level city in Tonghua 通化, Jilin


老河口 Lǎohékǒu	老河口 \| 老河口* \| *老河口	Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊, Hubei


口齒伶俐 kǒuchǐlínglì	口齒伶俐 \| 口齒伶俐* \| *口齒伶俐	eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence / the gift of the gab	口齿伶俐


讚不絕口 zànbùjuékǒu	讚不絕口 \| 讚不絕口* \| *讚不絕口	to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven	赞不绝口


脫口而出 tuōkǒu'érchū	脫口而出 \| 脫口而出* \| *脫口而出	to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)	脱口而出


口誅筆伐 kǒuzhūbǐfá	口誅筆伐 \| 口誅筆伐* \| *口誅筆伐	to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen	口诛笔伐


漢口 Hànkǒu	漢口 \| 漢口* \| *漢口	Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢｜武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei	汉口


口若懸河 kǒuruòxuánhé	口若懸河 \| 口若懸河* \| *口若懸河	mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab	口若悬河


裂口 lièkǒu	裂口 \| 裂口* \| *裂口	breach / split / rift / vent (volcanic crater)


張口結舌 zhāngkǒujiéshé	張口結舌 \| 張口結舌* \| *張口結舌	agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless	张口结舌

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