口音 meaning in English

kǒuyīn

(linguistics) oral speech sounds

HSK 7-9noun12 strokes

Meaning of 口音

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǒuyīn
  1. (linguistics) oral speech sounds
kǒuyin
  1. voice
  2. accent

口音 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ说shuō话huà带dài口kǒu音yīn吗ma?
Do you speak with an accent?
他tā说shuō英yīng语yǔ有yǒu德dé国guó口kǒu音yīn。
He speaks English with a German accent.
我wǒ有yǒu什shén么me口kǒu音yīn?
What accent have I got?
他tā的de口kǒu音yīn!
His accent!
我wǒ听tīng说shuō了le你nǐ有yǒu美měi丽lì的de口kǒu音yīn。
I heard you have a beautiful voice.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

口 kǒu · mouth · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

音 yīn · sound · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 口音.

门口ménkǒudoorway; gate
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
声音shēngyīnsound; voice
音乐yīnyuèmusic
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
入口rùkǒuentrance; to import
人口rénkǒupopulation; people
音乐会yīnyuèhuìconcert
音节yīnjiésyllable
读音dúyīnpronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
录音lùyīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4])
收音机shōuyīnjīradio

Questions about 口音

What does 口音 mean?

口音 (kǒuyīn) means "(linguistics) oral speech sounds" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 口音?

口音 is made of 2 characters: 口 (3 strokes), 音 (9 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 口音 an HSK word?

Yes. 口音 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.