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Translation

kǒu = k + ou3: mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Comments

He's a savage for eating it without peeling it first. Eww!

Matthias, over 1 year ago

口 character breakdown

The character 口 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 口 as component

to cry; to weep
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp / (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
variant of 噪[zao4]

= + : Zorro (z) finds the cuckoo clock (喿) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) makes a lot of noise (噪), so he jams the cuckoo's opening shut with a mandarin (口).
the chirping of birds or insects / noise / clamor / buzzing / disturbance

= + : Zorro (z) finds the cuckoo clock (喿) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) makes a lot of noise (噪), so he jams the cuckoo's opening shut with a mandarin (口).
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is roaming the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to look for food. Because the floor is full of horns (觜), he is wearing safety boots (觜). With his lips (嘴) he is forming a long beak (嘴) to look for mandarins (口) between the horns.
surname Yu

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.
to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: bubble wrap. Frieda Fox has to harvest a field of genetically modified mandarins in the space station's kitchen. The mandarins have been modified so that they listen to the tune Frieda Fox is playing on her flute; thus, as she plays her melody, the mandarins dance and wrap themselves in bubble wrap, hop into a box and are ready to be shipped to the labs on earth.
to enjoin / to implore / to urge

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) sternly enjoins (嘱) the T-Rex (属) not to eat the last mandarin (口) in the space station (Ø3).
old variant of 叩[kou4] / to knock

= + : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.
to knock / to kowtow

= + : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 马天君 (see example sentences).

In front of the encampment, 马天君, the system administrator and Zeus all share a mandarin.

Words with 口

appetite / liking
nick / jag / gap / shortfall
to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom) / fig. to tread dangerous ground
rib collar / rib top of socks
to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[Xiang1 fan2], Hubei
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[Xiang1 fan2], Hubei
to scold without end (idiom); incessant abuse
see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2]
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
(loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy

Sentences with 口

zhù
kǒu
 
 
yù
dì
lǎo
ér
qǐng
ǎn
shàng
tia̅n