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開口

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)

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

開口 (hiragana かいこう, romaji 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, romaji kaikō suru)

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

Conjugation