开口 meaning in English

kāikǒu

to open one's mouth; to start to talk

HSK 7-9Traditional 開口7 strokes

Meaning of 开口

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kāikǒu

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

我wǒ是shì第dì一yí个gè开kāi口kǒu说shuō话huà的de人rén。

I was the first to begin speaking.

他tā开kāi口kǒu了le。

He spoke.

死sǐ人rén是shì无wú法fǎ开kāi口kǒu说shuō话huà的de。

Dead men tell no tales.

开kāi口kǒu要yào有yǒu礼lǐ貌mào，不bù讲jiǎng下xià流liú话huà。

One must be respectful when speaking, and not say obscene things.

开kāi口kǒu是shì银yín，沉chén默mò是shì金jīn。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.

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Words that share a character with 开口.

打开	dǎkāi	to open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑	kāi wánxiào	to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车	kāichē	to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
门口	ménkǒu	doorway; gate
开会	kāihuì	to hold or attend a meeting
路口	lùkǒu	crossing; intersection (of roads)
离开	líkāi	to depart; to leave
开心	kāixīn	to feel happy; to rejoice
走开	zǒukāi	to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开	fēnkāi	to separate; to part
出口	chūkǒu	an exit; to speak
入口	rùkǒu	entrance; to import

What does 开口 mean?

开口 (kāikǒu) means "to open one's mouth; to start to talk".

How do you write 开口?

开口 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 口 (3 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 开口 an HSK word?

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

How is 开口 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开口 is written 開口.