口吻
kǒu wěn
Pinyin

Definition

口吻
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kǒu wěn
  1. tone of voice
  2. connotation in intonation
  3. accent (regional etc)
  4. snout
  5. muzzle
  6. lips
  7. protruding portion of an animal's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
伤口
shāng kǒu
  1. 1 wound
  2. 2 cut
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
出口
chū kǒu
  1. 1 an exit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 to speak
  4. 4 to export
  5. 5 (of a ship) to leave port

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous

Sample Sentences

是呀。我想这也是中西方文化的不同。以讽刺挖苦的口吻开玩笑在西方是很正常的。我感觉中国人比较好面子，所以比较忌讳别人拿自己的一些不足开玩笑。其实开玩笑的人并无意取笑这个缺陷，只是想用幽默的方式让话题变得更轻松些。有时候善意的讽刺只是一种幽默。
shì ya 。wǒ xiǎng zhè yě shì zhōngxīfāng wénhuà de bùtóng 。yǐ fěngcì wākǔ de kǒuwěn kāiwánxiào zài xīfāng shì hěn zhèngcháng de 。wǒ gǎnjué Zhōngguórén bǐjiào hào miànzi ，suǒyǐ bǐjiào jìhuì biérén ná zìjǐ de yīxiē bùzú kāiwánxiào 。qíshí kāiwánxiào de rén bìng wúyì qǔxiào zhège quēxiàn ，zhǐshì xiǎng yòng yōumò de fāngshì ràng huàtí biànde gèng qīngsōng xiē 。yǒushíhou shànyì de fěngcì zhǐshì yīzhǒng yōumò 。
Yeah. I think that's the difference between Chinese and Western humor. In the West, it's normal to make sarcastic, cutting jokes. I think Chinese people are more concerned with ''face," so they're more sensitive about others making jokes about their short-comings. Actually, the person telling the joke really wasn't intentionally making fun of the short-coming. They're just trying to use humor to lighten the mood. Sometimes, well-intentioned satire is just a kind of humor.
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