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口哨kǒu shào
whistle
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
口哨 | kǒushào | |
1. n. whistle (act of whistling) | ||
吹.口哨 - to whistle - | ||
English > Chinese | ||
whistle | ||
1. 吹口哨;鸣笛 | ||
Components | ||
口 | kǒu | |
1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity | ||
漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
這 話 出自 你 的 口,聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth. | ||
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object) | ||
入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance | ||
出口 (chūkǒu) - exit | ||
門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway | ||
3. gateway | ||
張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou | ||
口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall | ||
口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) | ||
4. hole; cut | ||
口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole | ||
傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound | ||
5. port | ||
電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port | ||
Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
6. perimeter | ||
人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
7. government organ; department | ||
三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
9. Variant of 名 | ||
名 | míng | |
1. name | ||
書名 - title of the book | ||
給 它 起 個 名兒r - give it a name | ||
2. given name | ||
3. reputation; fame | ||
有名 - famous | ||
名利 - fame and fortune | ||
4. famous; reputable | ||
名牌 - having a good brand name; a brand name product | ||
5. excuse; form; ostensible purpose | ||
師出有名 - to do something for a good and proper reason | ||
6. (grammar) Short for 名詞, noun | ||
7. (grammar) Short for 專有名詞, proper noun | ||
8. (archaic, mathematics, arithmetic) sign | ||
9. to be called | ||
伊 名 什乇? - tr=Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h?, What's his/her name?, MD, a=Cdo_whats_his_name.ogg | ||
10. to describe; to give details of | ||
莫名其妙 - baffling | ||
哨 | shào | |
1. to patrol (keep watch over an area by regularly walking or travelling around it) | ||
2. sentry; sentinel; post | ||
3. to chirp | ||
4. to whistle | ||
5. whistle (device used to make a whistling sound) | ||
Shao | ||
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Pronunciation
kǒu shào
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