脱口而出 meaning in English

tuōkǒu'érchū

(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

HSK 7-9Traditional 脫口而出25 strokes

Meaning of 脱口而出

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tuōkǒu'érchū
  1. (idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

脱口而出 in example sentences

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

这zhè辆liàng有yǒu点diǎn怪guài的de车chē让ràng我wǒ脱tuō口kǒu而ér出chū"那nà是shì什shén么me鬼guǐ东dōng西xī啊a?"
It was the sort of weird car that made me want to blurt out, "what the heck is that?"
汤tāng姆mǔ不bù假jiǎ思sī索suǒ脱tuō口kǒu而ér出chū。
Tom speaks without thinking.

Stroke order for each character

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

脱 tuō · to shed · 11 strokes

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口 kǒu · mouth · 3 strokes

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而 ér · and · 6 strokes

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出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 脱口而出.

出来chūláito come out; to appear
出去chūqùto go out
门口ménkǒudoorway; gate
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
而且érqiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
出现chūxiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
出生chūshēngto be born
提出tíchūto raise (an issue); to propose
找出zhǎochūto find; to search out
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
拿出náchūto take out; to put out

Questions about 脱口而出

What does 脱口而出 mean?

脱口而出 (tuōkǒu'érchū) means "(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)".

How do you write 脱口而出?

脱口而出 is made of 4 characters: 脱 (11 strokes), 口 (3 strokes), 而 (6 strokes), 出 (5 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 脱口而出 an HSK word?

Yes. 脱口而出 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 脱口而出 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 脱口而出 is written 脫口而出.