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  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
pocket / bag; sack
HSK 4
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
slogan / catchphrase / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
HSK 7-9
oral / verbal
HSK 7-9
oral cavity
HSK 7-9
saliva
HSK 7-9
mask (surgical etc)
HSK 7-9
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
HSK 7-9
oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
HSK 7-9
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
HSK 7-9
mouthfeel; texture (of food)
HSK 7-9
a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor
HSK 7-9
eloquence
HSK 7-9
to stammer; to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
HSK 7-9
whistle
HSK 7-9
chewing gum
HSK 7-9
bad breath / halitosis
to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced
mouth ulcer
harmonica
interpreting
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
voice / accent
thirsty
lipstick
a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
happy knack for chancing upon fine food
beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism
Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face
the area north of the Great Wall
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
ration
corner of the mouth
altercation; wrangle; angry argument
oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供) / statement / deposition
Saint George's mushroom (Tricholoma mongplicum)
to misspeak; to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue
oral message
mouthparts (of animal or insect)
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round
to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen
(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
food / salary (old) / a pretext / a cause for gossip
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
facial nerve paralysis
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
oral sex
oral sex / fellatio
narrator / spoken parts in an opera
mouth and nose / (an animal's) snout
Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
oral sex
(idiom) to speak vehemently; to express oneself with great passion
(pharmacology) oral liquid
desire for good food
steamed chicken with chili sauce
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
oral stage (psychology)
to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
propriety in speech
bubblegum pop song / cover song
to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / to commit a gaffe
(ox etc) tongue (as food) / (dialect) elocution; articulation
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
interpreter / oral translator
to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate
complimentary remarks / well-wishing
(coll.) lip
clear diction / clear articulation
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直)
melodica
war of words
pita bread
(literary) inarticulate
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言
vaguely defined offense that can be broadly interpreted and potentially abused by law enforcement
indistinct in one's speech / defective in one's pronunciation
Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever
to say one thing but mean another / to dissimulate
to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly
to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap
lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames / to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
Jew's harp

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