開口

See also: 开口

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (開口)
simp. (开口)

Pronunciation


Verb

開口

  1. to open one's mouth
  2. to begin to talk
  3. to laugh out loud
  4. to crack open
  5. to sharpen a knife
  6. to breach a dam
  7. (literary) to eat

Noun

開口

  1. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 開口呼开口呼 (kāikǒuhū, “close-mouth sounds”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

開口 (hiragana かいこう, rōmaji kaikō)

  1. an opening such as an open window
  2. opening one's mouth and starting to speak

Verb

開口する (hiragana かいこうする, rōmaji kaikō suru)

  1. open one's mouth (and begin to speak)

Conjugation

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