口音
kǒu yin
Pinyin

Definition

口音
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kǒu yin
  1. voice
  2. accent
口音
 - 
kǒu yīn
  1. oral speech sounds (linguistics)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
伤口
shāng kǒu
  1. 1 wound
  2. 2 cut
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
出口
chū kǒu
  1. 1 an exit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 to speak
  4. 4 to export
  5. 5 (of a ship) to leave port
口
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
口袋
kǒu dài
  1. 1 pocket
  2. 2 bag
  3. 3 sack
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
声音
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
胃口
wèi kǒu
  1. 1 appetite
  2. 2 liking
语音
yǔ yīn
  1. 1 speech sounds
  2. 2 pronunciation
  3. 3 colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. 4 phonetic
  5. 5 audio
  6. 6 voice
  7. 7 (Internet) to voice chat
  8. 8 voice message
路口
lù kǒu
  1. 1 crossing
  2. 2 intersection (of roads)
门口
mén kǒu
  1. 1 doorway
  2. 2 gate
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
音
yīn
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 note (of musical scale)
  4. 4 tone
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 syllable
  7. 7 reading (phonetic value of a character)
音乐
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],曲[qǔ],段[duàn]
一口气
yī kǒu qì
  1. 1 one breath
  2. 2 in one breath
  3. 3 at a stretch
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán
  1. 1 tone deaf
  2. 2 unable to sing in tune
低音
dī yīn
  1. 1 bass
两口子
liǎng kǒu zi
  1. 1 husband and wife

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi
  1. 1 common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口口声声
kǒu kou shēng shēng
  1. 1 to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
  1. 1 duplicity
  2. 2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口无择言
kǒu wú zé yán
  1. 1 to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
  2. 2 wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kǒu bù zé yán]
口碑
kǒu bēi
  1. 1 public praise
  2. 2 public reputation
  3. 3 commonly held opinions
  4. 4 current idiom
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
  1. 1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
  2. 2 universal approbation
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
口蜜腹剑
kǒu mì fù jiàn
  1. 1 lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
  1. 1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
  2. 2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true

Sample Sentences

大哥，我一看您就是来这里找工作的，听口音，您是湖南那边的吧？
dàgē ，wǒ yī kàn nín jiù shì lái zhèlǐ zhǎo gōngzuò de ，tīng kǒuyīn ，nín shì Húnán nàbiān de ba ？
Buddy, I could tell you'd come here looking for work as soon as I laid eyes on you. Listening to your accent, I'd say you're from around Hunan, no?
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听不出来他的口音。
tīng bu chūlai tā de kǒuyīn 。
I can't place his accent.
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口音很重。
kǒuyīn hěn zhòng 。
A heavy accent.
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