张口 (張口)
zhāng kǒu
Pinyin

Definition

张口 (張口)
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zhāng kǒu
  1. to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc)
  2. to gape
  3. to start talking (esp. to make a request)

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

他不就是想着要我婚后当家庭主妇，他回家一点儿家事都不用做，只管跷着二郎腿，茶来伸手饭来张口，过他的老爷生活。
tā bù jiùshì xiǎng zhe yào wǒ hūn hòu dāng jiātíngzhǔfù ，tā huíjiā yīdiǎnr jiāshì dōu bùyòng zuò ，zhǐguǎn qiāo zhe èrlángtuǐ ，chá lái shēn shǒu fàn lái zhāngkǒu ，guò tā de lǎoye shēnghuó 。
He wants me to be a housewife after marriage, then when he comes home he won’t do any housework, and just put his feet up, wants me serve him hand and foot bringing him tea and food whenever he wants, living a life of luxury.
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他非常紧张，考官的问题让他张口结舌。
tā fēicháng jǐnzhāng ，kǎoguān de wèntí ràng tā zhāngkǒujiéshé 。
He is very tense, the interviewer's questions made him stunned.
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张口结舌
zhāngkǒujiéshé
speechless
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