口
水

Saliva in Chinese: 口水 (kǒu shuǐ)

kǒu shuǐ

saliva

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1saliva

Stroke order

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口
水

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄡˇ

kǒu

ㄎ/ kㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 看到美食，他馋得直流口水。

    kàn dào měi shí， tā chán dé zhí liú kǒu shuǐ。

    Seeing the delicious food, he drooled with craving.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

口

kǒu

mouth

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

入口

rù kǒu

entrance

出口

chū kǒu

an exit

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

借口

jiè kǒu

to use as an excuse

进口

jìn kǒu

to import

口味

kǒu wèi

a person's preferences

人口

rén kǒu

population

路口

lù kǒu

crossing

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