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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[kǒu]
  1. 1. noun [嘴] mouth
  2. 2. noun [丁]
    family member
  3. 3. noun [味] taste
    not too salty
  4. 4. noun [指容器] rim
    the mouth of a bottle
  5. 5. noun [指端口]
    exit
    entrance
    window
  6. 6. noun [缝] split
  7. 7. noun [刃] edge
    the edge of a knife
  8. 8. noun [行] department
    卫生
    public health department
  9. 9. measure word
    two pigs
    one well
    我家有五人。
    There are five people in my family.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[kǒu]
  1. 1. chops
  2. 2. os
  3. 3. hatch
  4. 4. ostium
  5. 5. orifice
  6. 6. stoma
  7. 7. noun bite
  8. 8. gab
  9. 9. sluice
  10. 10. mouthpiece
  11. 11. neb
  12. 12. lip
  13. 13. box
  14. 14. mouth

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[kǒu]
  1. 1. 人和动物吃东西的器官,有的也是发声器官的一部分
    病从
    说话
    技。
  2. 2. 指人对饮食味道的感觉和喜好
    香甜可
    轻。
  3. 3. 指话语
    音。
  4. 4. 指人(多指一个家庭内部)
    之家
  5. 5. 容器与外界相通的部位
    瓶子
  6. 6. 泛指一般器物与外界相通的部位
    径。
  7. 7. 出入通过的地方
    大门
    入海
  8. 8. 特指长城的关
    古北
    西
    外。
  9. 9. 特指港
    产品
  10. 10. 专业方向;行业系统
    分配
    农林
    文教
  11. 11. (人体或物体表面)破裂张开的地方
    手上剐了个
  12. 12. 刀、剪等利器的刃
    这把剪子还没开
  13. 13. 指骡、马等的年龄(它们的年龄可以从牙齿的多少和磨损的程度看出来)
    这匹马还轻
    骡子老得没
    七岁
  14. 14. a)用于人或某些牲
    全家三
  15. 15. b)用于某些有或有刃的器物
    铡刀
  16. 16. c)用于跟有关的动作或事物
    吸了一
    讲一北京话
    一个大馒头三就吃完了。

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走了这么远的路一水都没有喝,我被弄得干舌燥。
Having had no water after such a long walk, I am extremely thirsty.
超市里的收款窗已经增加到100个,但每个窗前还是排着长长的队伍。
The number of cash windows in the supermarket have been increased to 100, but there are still long queues in front of every window.
他是南方人,所以一张说话就带有南方音。
He is from the South. When he opened his mouth to talk, people can hear his southern accent.
如果再不进行人控制,迟早会发生人爆炸的。
If we don't carry out population control, there will be a population explosion some day.
声声说要参加比赛,却没报名。
He kept on saying that he wanted to enter the competition but he never did enrol.
高梁茬可以种玉米或大豆。
良药苦利于病。
这家单位在门设置了暗哨。
They put survailence at the gate.
我总是说不好这个拗令。
I can never get this tongue twister right.
这家饭店很好找,出了我家胡同的把儿就是。
Finding the restaurant is easy. It is right outside my hutong.

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Measure words

Measure words

Except in Chinese idioms and some special conditions, numerals are generally not used to modify nouns directly. One needs to put specific measure words between them, e.g. "五人", "十八线", "一百多蚂蚁","一战役"。

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