口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk syn 嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words 传说 傳說 chuán shuō legend / folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that... syn 嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 洞穴 dòng xué cave / cavern syn 住口 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking syn 亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) syn 山洞 shān dòng cavern / cave syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly syn 守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 漱口 shù kǒu to rinse one's mouth / to gargle syn 垂涎 chuí xián to water at the mouth / to drool 捂住 摀住 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) syn 张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 嘴角 zuǐ jiǎo corner of the mouth syn 松口 鬆口 sōng kǒu to let go of sth held in one's mouth / (fig.) to relent / to yield syn 张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request) 信口 xìn kǒu to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking syn 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed syn 高唱 gāo chàng to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans syn 地洞 dì dòng tunnel / cave / burrow / dugout syn 启齿 啟齒 qǐ chǐ to open one's mouth / to start talking syn 白沫 bái mò froth / foam (coming from the mouth) syn 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 塌方 tā fāng to cave in / to collapse / to have a landslide syn 沉降 chén jiàng to subside / to cave in / subsidence syn 洞窟 dòng kū a cave syn 口若悬河 口若懸河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab syn 干渴 乾渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth syn 海口 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3] syn 七窍 七竅 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey) 河口 hé kǒu estuary / the mouth of a river 井口 jǐng kǒu mouth of a well 传扬 傳揚 chuán yáng to spread (by word of mouth) syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 泉眼 quán yǎn mouth of a spring or fountain 溶洞 róng dòng (geology) solutional cave (typically, a limestone cave) 窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China) / CL:孔[kong3] syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth syn 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping 满口 滿口 mǎn kǒu a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises, etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly 撇嘴 piě zuǐ to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth syn 口角 kǒu jiǎo corner of the mouth syn 默念 mò niàn to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly 洗漱 xǐ shù to wash the face and rinse the mouth 石洞 shí dòng cave / cavern 洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 口蹄疫 kǒu tí yì foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever 吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob 龙洞 龍洞 lóng dòng cave / natural cavern (in limestone) 亲嘴 親嘴 qīn zuǐ to kiss (on the mouth) syn 水帘洞 水簾洞 shuǐ lián dòng cave with a waterfall at its mouth 上膛 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load a gun syn 阴穴 陰穴 yīn xué cave / (coll.) vagina 翕动 翕動 xī dòng to open and close (the mouth etc) 歪嘴 wāi zuǐ twisted mouth / wry mouth 祸从口出 禍從口出 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. 嘴 zuǐ mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4] syn 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 含 hán to keep in the mouth / to contain syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings syn 咧 liě to draw back the corners of one's mouth syn 泉 quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) syn 窟 kū cave / hole syn 衔 銜 xián bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title syn 盎 àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant 喙 huì beak / snout / mouth / to pant syn 堀 kū cave / hole 抿 mǐn to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip syn 土窑 土窯 tǔ yáo earthen kiln / loess cave 空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) syn 腭 齶 è palate / roof of the mouth syn 口疮 口瘡 kǒu chuāng mouth ulcer 噙 qín to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes) syn 峒 dòng cave / cavern 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 瞎吹 xiā chuī to boast / to shoot one's mouth off 口腔炎 kǒu qiāng yán stomatitis / ulceration of oral cavity / inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth 岩穴 yán xué grotto / cave 穴居人 xué jū rén cave man 口爆 kǒu bào (slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth 驴唇不对马嘴 驢唇不對馬嘴 lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous syn 碉 diāo rock cave (archaic) 