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mouthful: 扒幾口飯 take a few mouthfuls (“bites”) of rice;
喝一口水 have one drink of water;
一口氣 one breath;
一家三口 see N.2↓.
(1) The mouth: 開口 open mouth, break silence;
不敢開口 dare not say anything;
開口得罪人 offend people every time one speak;
閉口 (無言) shut up, refrain from speaking;
口口聲聲 repeatedly (declare, etc.);
口說無憑 verbal promise is not enough;
利口，口若縣河 a great talker, make a torrent of words;
口拙 not good at expressing oneself;
口蜜腹劍 honey words and a dastardly heart;
口是心非 false words, pretense;
口誅筆伐 denounce by spoken word and writing;
口授 teach by word of mouth, dictate;
口講指畫 gesticulate;
口渴，口乾 thirsty;
出口成章 talk beautifully, a good impromptu talker;
衝口而出 say without thinking, blurt out;
破口大罵 denounce openly;
可口，爽口 good to eat;
口腔，口味 [kou3qiang1], [kou3wei4]↓.
(2) (Also as n. adjunct) number of persons: 人口，戶口 population;
五口之家 a family of five (“with five mouths” to feed);
大小口 the young and old counted together;
倆口子 husband and wife, the two in the family;
老倆口兒 the old couple;
計口授田 allot land according to number of persons in the family;
牲口 domestic animals, cattle, etc.
(3) Open end: 刀口 edge of knife;
槍口，砲口 gun muzzle;
碗口 rim of bowl.
(4) Entrance, gate, opening: 出口，入口 exit, entrance;
關口，卡口 customs station;
隘口 entrance to gully;
河口 river mouth;
海口 seaport;
窗口，門口 outside of window, doorway;
傷口 opening of wound;
缺口 crack (in utensil);
口子 a crack.
(5) A surname.
2.口碑 [kou3bei1], n., as in 有口皆碑 (of official) enjoy great popularity among the people, also popular impression, opinion or assessment.
3.口磣 [kou2chen3], adj., (MC) vulgar of speech.
4.口沉 [kou3chen2], adj., liking food salty: 這個人真口沉 this man eats his food highly salty.
5.口腔 [kou3qiang1], n., (1) mouth cavity; (2) dialect accent.
6.口強 [kou3qiang2], adj., argumentative.
7.口器 [kou3qi4]1, n., (zoo.) mouth organ.
8.口氣 (兒) [kou3qi4]2 ([kou3qie4er0]), n., the tone of voice (angry, boding evil, timid, etc.).
9.口輕 [kou3qing1], adj., (1) eating food without too much seasoning; (2) (of cattle) young.
10.口琴 [kou3qin2], n., harmonica.
11.口臭 [kou3chou4], n., halitosis.
12.口傳 [kou3chuan2], (1) n., hearsay; (2) v.t., transmit teaching by word of mouth.
13.口齒 [kou2chi3], n., ability to talk: 口齒伶俐 fluent of speech, a good talker; 口齒不清 enunciation not clear.
14.口袋 (兒) [kou3dai0] ([kou3da4er0]), n., pocket in coat; a bag.
15.口德 [kou3de2], n., virtue of not speaking evil of others.
16.口笛 [kou3di2], n., whistle.
17.口腹 [kou3fu4], n., as in 口腹之慾 desire for creature comforts, bodily desires (eating, drinking).
18.口福 [kou3fu2], n., joy of eating, luck of having good food.
19.口供 [kou3gong4], n, affidavit.
20.口過 [kou3guo4], n., slip of the tongue, errors of speech.
21.口號 [kou3hao4], n., slogan; password, also see [kou3ling4]↓; (MC) song of eulogy at court ceremony.
22.口惠 [kou3hui4], n., empty promise without substance.
23.口紅 [kou3hong2], n., lipstick.
24.口罩 (兒) [kou3zhao4]([er0]), n., antiseptic gauze worn over mouth and nose.
25.口角 [kou2jiao3], v.i. & n., (1) bickering, quarrel: 兩人口角 two persons quarrel; (2) corner of mouth; 口角春風 praise by word of mouth.
26.口技 [kou3ji4], n., forms of entertainment by voice (ventriloquist, etc.).
27.口徑 [kou3jing4], n., diameter of opening.
28.口吃 [kou3ji2], v.i. & adj., stutter, stuttering.
29.口訣 [kou3jUe2], n., formula for incantation; instructions in rhyme.
30.口快 [kou3kuai4], adj., careless of speech: 心直口快 saying what one thinks without much deliberation.
31.口糧 [kou3liang2], n., ration (for soldiers, groups).
32.口令 [kou3ling4] (koou-'ling), n., (mil.) password; shouted order.
33.口蘑 [kou3mo2], n., a kind of mushroom grown outside the Great Wall (口外).
34.口哨 [kou3shao4], n., a whistle (吹口哨).
35.口舌 [kou3she2], n., argument; ([kou3she0]) dispute: 這事讓他知道了，又是一場口舌 if he knows it, it will cause another dispute.
36.口香糖 [kou3xiang1tang2], n., mint gum, chewing gum.
37.口涎 [kou3xian2], n., saliva.
38.口信 (兒) [kou3xin4]([kou3xie4er0]), n., message or word left or orally transmitted.
39.口水 [kou3shui3], n., saliva.
40.口試 [kou3shi4], n., oral examination.
41.口實 [kou3shi2], n., as in 授人以口實 give people basis for gossip.
42.口條 [kou3tiao2], n., (coll.) pig's tongue, used as food.
43.口頭 [kou3tou2], adj. & n., (1) oral communication, as opp. to written 口頭的話 s.t. said orally; 口頭交 (兒) nominal friend; adj. & n., 口頭禪 ([kou3tou2chan2]), n., clich? shibboleth; adj. & n., 口頭語 common idiom or phr.; (2) ([kou3tou0]), flavor, taste (of fruit, etc.).
44.口才 [kou3cai2], n., eloquence: 很有口才 is very eloquent.
45.口外 [kou3wai4], n., outside the Great Wall.
46.口吻 [kou3wen3], n., tone of speech (rather than the words actually said) revealing state of thinking.
47.口味 (兒) [kou3wei4]([kou3weher0]), n., (1) flavor of food; (2) person's inclinations in taste: 合他口味 just what he likes to eat; (fig.) what agrees with one's taste (novel, political views, etc.).
48.口音 [kou3yin1], n., pronunciation, (clear, unclear; foreign or dialect) accent: 湖北口音 Hupei accent.
49.口語 [kou3yU3], n., (1) vernacular speech: 文章口語化 to write as one speaks; (2) gossip.